(1) The court shall grant conditional early release from a sentence of imprisonment for life under an operational period of probation, if

1.  fifteen years of the sentence have been served;

2.  the particular seriousness of the convicted person’s guilt does not require its continued enforcement; and

3.  the requirements of § 57(1) 1st sentence Nos 2 and 3 are met.

Section 57(1) 2nd sentence and (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(2) Any detention suffered by the convicted person as a result of the offence shall qualify as a sentence within the meaning of subsection (1) 1st sentence No 1 above.

(3) The operational period shall be five years. Section 56a(2) 1st sentence, sections 56b to 56g and section 57(3) 2nd sentence and (5) 2nd sentence shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(4) The court may fix terms not exceeding two years, before the expiration of which an application by the convicted person for early release shall be inadmissible.