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(1) Criminal punishment is a measure of state coercion and a means of correction and re-education of the convicted person which is applied by the courts, in the name of the law, to persons who have committed offences causing certain deprivations and restrictions to their rights.

(2) The purpose of the punishment is to restore social equity, to correct and re-socialize the convicted person and to prevent the convicted person and others from committing new crimes. The execution of the sentence must not cause physical suffering or demean the dignity of the sentenced person.