THE COMPLEMENTARY PUNISHMENTS ARE MEANT TO COMPLETE THE REPRESSION INSTITUTED BY THE MAIN PUNISHMENT. THE COMPLEMENTARY PUNISHMENTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE LAW AND APPLIED BY THE COURT ONLY TOGETHER WITH A MAIN PUNISHMENT. AS CRIMINAL SANCTION, THE COMPLEMENTARY PUNISHMENTS MEET, ALONG WITH THE MAIN PUNISHMENTS, FUNCTIONS OF CONSTRAINT, REEDUCATION AND EXEMPLARITY. PREVENTING THE COMMISSION OF NEW OFFENCES, AS A PUNISHMENT PURPOSE, MAY BE ALSO CONDUCTED, BY APPLYING THE COMPLEMENTARY PUNISHMENTS1. ACCORDING TO THE ART. 55 OF THE NEW CRIMINAL CODE, THE COMPLEMENTARY PUNISHMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE PHYSICAL PERSON ARE: THE PROHIBITION OF EXERCISING SOME RIGHTS, MILITARY DEGRADATION AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE CONVICTION DECISION. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]