Article 180 — Free Mitigation.

In cases where the law provides the mitigation without restriction of the penalty under this Article, whether compulsorily or optionally, the Court shall have power to determine it in accordance with the following principles: The Court shall not be bound by the Kind of penalty provided in the Special Part of this Code for the crime to be tried, nor by the minimum which the provision provides; it-may without restriction impose a sentence for a term shorter than the minimum period prescribed of substitute a less severe sentence for the sentence provided; however the Court shall be bound solely by the -genera} minimum provided in the General Part, (Arts. 90, 106 and 108) as regards the penalty it imposes, whatever its nature may be.