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1. Procedure of sentencing without a trialArticle 449(1) For criminal offences punishable by a fine as the principal penalty of a term ofimprisonment of up to three years, the judge may, on a motion of the public prosecutor,issue a ruling on punishment without holding a trial.(2) The motion for issuing a ruling on punishment referred to in paragraph 1 of thisArticle shall be made by the public prosecutor in the motion to indict, if he considers thatholding a trial would not be necessary.(3) Where an indemnification claim has been submitted, the authorised person shall bereferred to civil litigation.Article 450In a ruling on punishment the judge may impose a fine, a public service penalty,revocation of a driver’s licence or a conditional penalty, together with one or more of thefollowing measures: confiscation of objects, ban on operating a motor vehicle andconfiscation of material gains.Article 451(1) Before determining that there exist preconditions for rendering a ruling onpunishment, the judge shall act in accordance with the provisions of Article 439paragraph 1 to Article 441 of this Code. If the judge determines that preconditions forrendering a ruling on punishment are not fulfilled, he shall submit the motion to indict tothe suspect and schedule a trial immediately.(2) If the judge agrees with the motion of the public prosecutor, he shall obtaininformation of prior convictions, and, if necessary, on the personality of the accused, andshall after questioning the accused render a judgement.(3) The ruling on punishment must specify that the public prosecutor’s motion had beenaccepted; the accused’s personal data; the offence of which he is being convicted, witha specification of the facts and circumstances which represent the elements of a criminaloffence and on which depends the application of a specific provision of the CriminalCode; the legal designation of the criminal offence and the provisions and the CriminalCode and other laws applied in the procedure; the decision on the sanction and measureimposed, as well as the decision on directing the authorised person to realise hisindemnification claim in civil litigation; reasons for the sanction and measures imposed;an instruction on the right to an objection, and a caution that ruling on punishment wouldbecome final at the expiry of the time limit for the objection appealing against the ruling.Article 452(1) The ruling on punishment shall be delivered to the public prosecutor and theaccused.