Cap. 9 Art. 7Punishments to which crimes and contraventions are subject.

(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) fine (multa).

(2) Subject to the provisions of article 53 or of any other special law, the punishments that may be awarded for contraventions are -

(a) detention;

(b) fine (ammenda);

(c) reprimand or admonition.

(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 punishment established by this Code for all the effects and consequences of this punishment, in the same manner as if the provisions of such law formed part of this Code, subject, however, to the limitations laid down by such law.

(5) Any law inflicting, in general 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 cumulatively, be applied to the contraventions 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.