Article 89

In addition to any other punishments allowed by law, the Court shall order that an offender convicted of a Class 1 through Class 7 Serious Offence shall be deprived of those civil rights enumerated in Article 90 for a period of not less than 10 years.

A Court sentencing an offender for any other offence in which a sentence of imprisonment is imposed may also sentence the offender to a deprivation of civil rights for a period of not less than one nor more than 10 years, upon a determination that the nature and circumstances of the offence justify the deprivation. A Court may sentence an offender to a separate period of deprivation for each crime committed and may add these periods together. Where the Court suspends the execution of the sentence of imprisonment under Article 82, the Court may suspend the deprivation of civil rights.

Deprivation of civil rights shall become effective immediately upon final judgment. In the case of a deprivation for a definite time under subsection (2) when the offender is also sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the duration of the deprivation shall be calculated from the final date of the release of the offender from the term of imprisonment, whether upon conditional release, provided he successfully completes this term of conditional release, or upon completion of the sentence of imprisonment.