In German criminal law, the warning with a penalty is a special sanction stipulated in Section 59 of the Penal Code in a judgment of a criminal court or a penalty which can be imposed under certain conditions. This sanction is used to warn the perpetrator of the offense and the court reserves the right to impose a detailed fine if the perpetrator is again punishable or the conditions imposed by the warning are not met.
The conditions are met if it is to be expected that the perpetrator will not commit any further offenses, the appraisal of the deed and the personality of the perpetrator gives rise to special circumstances and the defense of the legal order does not require a sentence to be punished.
The person concerned is warned. The imposition of a certain fine is reserved. As with the suspension of a sentence of imprisonment, a provisional decision is issued which imposes on the convicted person special obligations or instructions pursuant to § 59a of the Penal Code (eg compensation for damages).
In principle, this can be necessary even if the procedure is long. Single-level Edit source text
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