Article 72

When an offender, having been released from custody under a sentence of imprisonment, commits a crime within the specified number of years provided for each class of offences in the Recidivism Chart indicated in Annex IV to this Code, the Court, in addition to aggravating the sentence under Articles 66-67, may increase the sentence within the limits setforth in same Annex. The maximum sentence of imprisonment imposed under this Article alone or in conjunction with Article 71 may not exceed 27 years.

For purposes of this Article, a sentence served under the laws of another country may be included where the punishment was for a crime that may be punished by imprisonment in Eritrea.