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procedure, prescribed by law.
Article 57. Cancellation of conviction.
The following shall be considered as having no record of conviction:
- 1) persons released from punishment under articles 49 and 50 of the present Code;
- 2) persons who have served a sentence in a disciplinary battalion or who have been prematurely released from such, and military personnel who have served a sentence in the form of detention in a guardhouse in lieu of corrective labor;
- 3) persons conditionally convicted, provided they do not commit another crime during the period of probation;
- 4) persons sentenced to public censure, the imposition of an obligation to make restitution for damage done, removal from position, a fine, deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or to engage in a particular activity, or to corrective labor, provided that in the course of one year from the tine the sentence was served they have not committed another crime;
- 5) persons sentenced to deprivation of freedom for a period of not more than three years, to exile, or to banishment, provided that in the course of three years from the time the sentence was served (both the basic and extra penalty) they have not committed another crime;
- 6) persons sentenced to deprivation of freedom for a period of more than three years but not to exceed six years, provided that in the course of five years from the time the sentence was served (both the basic and extra penalty) they have not committed another crime;
- 7) persons sentenced to deprivation of freedom for a period of more then six years but not to exceed ten years, provided that in the course of eight years from the time the sentence was served (both the basic and the extra penalty) they have not committed another crime;
- 8) persons sentenced to deprivation of freedom for a period for more than ten years, provided that in the course of eight years from the time the sentence was served (both the basic and the extra penalty) they have not committed another crime, and provided, further, that the court shall have established the fact that the convicted person has reformed himself and that there is no necessity for considering him to have had a conviction.
If a person sentenced to deprivation of freedom has, after serving his sentence, demonstrated the fact of his reformation by his exemplary behavior and honorable attitude toward labor, the court may, at the request of a social organization, cancel his
