Article 9 — Enforcement of Judgments passed under Repealed

Legislation. Where a sentence has been passed in accordance with the repealed legislation its enforcement shall be governed by the following principles: (1) If the Code no longer restrains the act in respect of which the sentence was passed the punishment shall no longer be enforceable or shall forthwith cease to have effect. (2) Where a sentence has been passed for the breach of a criminal law enacting a prohibition or an obligation limited to a given period of time for special reasons of a transitory nature, the expiration of the said period shall not bar the enforcement of the punishment, nor shall the prosecution be barred by such expiration. (3) Punishments awarded before or after the coming into force of this Code shall be enforced as provided in this Code. This shall also apply to the recovery of fines, the suspension of sentence and conditional release. (4) If a prisoner who is undergoing punishment at the time of the coming into force of this Code is found guilty of an earlier crime which remained unknown and was punishable by a penalty entailing loss of liberty the Court shall pass an aggregate sentence in accordance with the provisions relating to concurrent, crimes (Art. 186) and shall take into account the provisions regarding the application of the more favourable law (Art. 6). The period of imprisonment undergone in pursuance of the earlier judgment snail be deducted.