(1) A person who for the first time has committed a minor or less serious offence may be released from criminal liability if he or she, after committing the offence, has voluntarily denounced the offence, has actively contributed to its discovery, has compensated the amount of material damage caused or has otherwise made good the damage caused by the offence.

(2) A person who, under the conditions of paragraph (1), has committed a crime of another category may be released from criminal liability only in cases provided for in the corresponding articles of the Special Part of this Code.