conviction prior to the expiration of the period specified in the present article.
If the sentence assigned by judgment of the court has been reduced or replaced by a less severe penalty by virtue of an act of amnesty or pardon, or by the application of conditional pre-term release or pre-term release, the period for cancellation of conviction is computed on the basis of the amount of the sentence actually served. If the sentence hes been replaced by a less severe penalty, the fine actually served is computed in accordance with the provisions of Article 47 of the present Code.
The period for cancellation of a conviction is computed from the day of completion of the serving of a sentence, or the day of release from sentence.
Chapter Six
Concerning Compulsory Measures of a Medical and Educational Character
Article 58. The application of compulsory measures of a medical character to mentally ill persons.
In the case of persons who have committed socially dangerous acts while in a state of irresponsibility, or who have committed such acts while in a state of responsibility, but who prior to passing of sentence or while serving sentences have contracted a mental illness depriving them of the possibility of realizing the significance of their acts, or of controlling them, the court may apply the following compulsory measures of a medical character:
- 1) placement in a psychiatric hospital of the general type;
- 2) placement in a psychiatric hospital of the special type.
Article 59. Placement in a psychiatric hospital.
Compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital of the general type may be applied by the court with respect to a mentally ill person who by reason of his mental state and the character of the socially dangerous act he has committed, requires hospitalization and treatment under compulsory conditions.
Placement in a psychiatric hospital of the special type may be designated by the court with respect to a mentally ill person who, by reason of his mental state and the character of the socially
