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 increase or decrease it. If the punishment to be imposed needs to be both increased and decreased, the increase shall be made first and the result so increased shall then be decreased. If the portion of the increase is equivalent to or more than the portion of the decrease, the court may abstain from both the increase and decrease when it finds this appropriate.

If the imprisonment which an offender needs to undergo is merely for a term of three months or shorter, the court may designate an even shorter term for his imprisonment, or if the imprisonment which an offender needs to undergo is merely for a term of three months or shorter and is accompanied by a fine also, the court may designate an even shorter term for his imprisonment or may cancel the imprisonment and retain the fine only.

Whoever committed an offence carrying imprisonment and, in the case thereof, will be imposed by the court with imprisonment of not over two years, may, if he does not appear to have been imprisoned before or he appears to have been imprisoned before but the punishment was for a negligent offence or petty offence and the court finds it appropriate after taking into consideration his age, background, behaviour, intelligence, education, health, mental condition, habit, occupation, and environment, or the nature of his offence, or other causes for which mercy should be given, be adjudged guilty by the court and enjoy suspension of the designation of the punishment or