(1) The enforcement officer may suspend enforcement of the remainder of the youth penalty on probation if the convicted person has served part of the sentence and if suspension can be justified given the youth’s development, and also having due regard to the interest of the general public in security.
(2) If six months of the sentence have not yet been served, an order to suspend enforcement of the remainder may only be issued on especially important grounds. In the case of youth penalty exceeding one year suspension, it shall be only permissible if the convicted person has served at least one third of the penalty.
(3) In the cases designated in subsections 1 and 2, the enforcement officer should take his decision sufficiently early to allow the measures required to prepare the convicted person for life after release to be taken. He may revoke his decision up until the convicted person’s release if, by virtue of new facts or facts that have subsequently come to light relating to the youth’s development, and also having due regard to the interest of the general public in security, responsibility can no longer be taken for suspension.
(4) The execution officer shall take his decision having heard the public prosecutor and the head of the executing institution. The convicted person shall be given an opportunity to make an oral statement.
(5) The enforcement officer may fix time periods not exceeding six months prior to the expiry of which an application by the convicted person to suspend the remainder of sentence on probation shall be inadmissible.