Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 7

7. (1) Saving the exceptions laid down in the law, the punishments that may be awarded for crimes are - (a) imprisonment; (b) solitary confinement; (c) interdiction; (d)f i n e (multa ). (2) Subject to the provisions o f article 53 or of any other special law, the punishments that may be awarded for contraventions are - (a) detention; (b)f i n e (ammenda ); (c) reprimand or admonition. Punishment restrictive of personal liberty. (3) The expression "punishments restrictive of personal liberty" includes the punishments of imprisonment and detention . (4) Any law, inflicting the punishment of death, imprisonment, solitary confinement, fine ( multa or ammenda ), detention, or reprimand, shall be deemed to inflict the corresponding punishm ent 12 CAP. 9.] CRIMINAL CODE established by this Code for all the effects and consequences o f this punishment, in the same manner as if the provisions of such law formed part of this Code, subjec t, however, to the limitations laid down by such law. (5) Any law inflicting, in gen eral terms, the punishments established for contraventions, shall be deemed to inflict all the punishments which, under the provisions of articles 341 and 344 may, separately or cum ulatively, be applied to the contraventio ns referred to in this Code. (6) Any law directing the ascent or descent from one punishment to another shall be deemed to refer to the scale of punishments and to the other provisions contained in article 31 . (7) Any other provision of this Code shall be applicable in the case of any offence referred to in any special law, unless such provision be inconsistent with the provisions of such law. Imprisonment. 8. (1) Persons sentenced to imprisonment shall be confined in the prison or in that part of the prison appointed for persons sentenced to that punishment, and they shall be subject to the restrictions prescribed in the prison regulations lawfully made . (2) The duration of the punishment of imprisonment is established by law in each particular case. Solitary confinement. Amended by: XLIX.1981.4; III.2002.4.