Juveniles Law
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- Article 1Kh For the purposes of this Law, the following words and terms shall have the meaning stated against Kh each of them: 1 - Juvenile: Every person who has not exceeded…
- Article 1 اوليThe provisions of the attached Law concerning juveniles shall apply.
- Article 2A juvenile who has not attained seven full years of age at the time of committing any act constituting an offence punishable by law shall not be criminally liable.
- Article 2 ثانيهAll actions and applications pending before the Juvenile Court established pursuant to the aforementioned Law No. 3 of 1983 that have become subject to the jurisdiction…
- Article 3The official birth certificate or any other official personal identification shall be relied upon in determining the juvenile's age. In all cases, the court may order…
- Article 3 ثالثهThe aforementioned Law No. 3 of 1983, and every provision that conflicts with the provisions of kh the accompanying Law, are repealed.
- Article 4The Juvenile Care Committee shall have competence for the following: 1- Considering the problems of juveniles at risk of delinquency and ordering their placement in…
- Article 4 رابعهٌ The Prime Minister and the Ministers—each within his respective competence—shall implement this Law. It shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into…
- Article 5If a juvenile who has attained seven years of age but has not attained fifteen commits an offense, one of the following measures shall be imposed upon him: 1 - Handover.…
- Article 6The juvenile shall be handed over to the person responsible for his care. If none of them is fit to undertake his upbringing, he shall be handed over to a trustworthy…
- Article 7A juvenile at risk of delinquency must be placed in appropriate facilities prepared to receive the juvenile by the competent bodies at the Ministry of Social Affairs and…
- Article 8A judgment placing a juvenile in vocational training shall be effected by placing him in a center or specialized institute, or a factory, shop or farm competent for that…
- Article 9The judgment shall require the juvenile to comply with one or all of the following obligations, with a period specified therefor: 1 - Prohibition on frequenting…
- Article 10Judicial probation shall be carried out by placing the juvenile in his natural environment under guidance and supervision, while he performs the duties determined by the…
- Article 11The judgment shall order placement of the juvenile in a social care institution affiliated with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. If the juvenile has a…
- Article 12The judgment shall be for the placement of the juvenile in a specialized treatment hospital appropriate to his medical condition and age, where he shall receive the care…
- Article 13If a juvenile who has not attained fifteen years of age commits several offences for a single purpose such that they are indivisibly interconnected, or if the act…
- Article 14The measure shall necessarily terminate when the person sentenced reaches the age of twenty-one. 343 Law Index Home Page Juveniles Law Law No. 111 of 2015 concerning…
- Article 151( The article was amended in accordance with the text of Law No. 1 of 2017 A juvenile shall not be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. If a juvenile who has…
- Article 16The Juvenile Court may—except in offences punishable by death or life imprisonment—instead of imposing the penalties prescribed in the preceding Article, and in offences…
- Article 17Penalties restricting liberty imposed on a juvenile shall be enforced in penal institutions. If he reaches the age of twenty-one, the penalty or its remaining term shall…
- Article 18If the interests of the investigation or the interests of a juvenile who has reached fifteen years of age and committed a felony or misdemeanour require remand…
- Article 19The probation officer shall supervise the implementation of the measures provided for in Article 5 of this Law and observe those sentenced thereto. He must submit a…
- Article 20The person responsible for care shall notify the probation officer in the event of the juvenile's death, illness, change of residence or absence without permission, as…
- Article 21If the juvenile violates the terms of the measure imposed upon him pursuant to any of items 3, 4, 5, and 6 of Article 5 of this Law, the court may, after hearing his…
- Article 22The court may, after reviewing the reports submitted to it by the probation officer in accordance with Article 19, or at the request of the Juvenile Prosecution, the…
- Article 23If a juvenile is apprehended in one of the situations of exposure to delinquency, the Juvenile Prosecution shall, of its own motion or at the request of the Juvenile…
- Article 24The Juvenile Court may, in all cases, whether on its own initiative or at the request of Law Index 345 Home Page Juveniles Law Law No. 111 of 2015 concerning Juveniles…
- Article 25Except for parents, grandparents, or spouses, anyone who conceals a juvenile ordered to be handed over to a person or an entity pursuant to the provisions of this Law,…
- Article 26Without prejudice to any other more severe penalty prescribed by law, anyone who exposes a juvenile to any situation of delinquency, prepares him for it, assists or…
- Article 27The director of the penal institution in which a juvenile who is over fifteen years of age and has not completed twenty-one is placed may assign him to work in the…
- Article 28When employing a convicted juvenile who possesses a particular technical skill, care shall be taken to employ him in work and trades appropriate to his skill.
- Article 29A convicted juvenile serving his sentence in an institution shall be entitled to remuneration for the technical, productive or service work he performs. His remuneration…
- Article 30If it becomes apparent to the physician of the penal institution that there is harm to the health of the convicted juvenile as a result of the execution of the…
- Article 31Visits to a convicted juvenile shall take place in one of the places designated for visits within the penal institution. These visits may not be prohibited for any…
- Article 32A custodial penalty may not be enforced against a juvenile inside solitary confinement cells. Part Three Juvenile Court
- Article 33A Juvenile Court shall be established at the Court of First Instance, constituted of a member of the judiciary of a rank not lower than deputy president of a court at…
- Article 34The jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court shall be determined by the place where the offence occurred or where one of the situations of exposure to delinquency existed, or…
- Article 35The rules and procedures provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure and Trials shall be followed before the Juvenile Court unless the provisions of this Law provide…
- Article 36The Juvenile Court shall have criminal judicial authority in all cases involving delinquent juveniles and protective jurisdiction to examine the circumstances of…
- Article 37Juvenile court hearings shall be held in places separate from those where other courts hold their hearings and shall be provided with the necessary facilities…
- Article 38In cases of exposure to delinquency and in felonies and misdemeanors, and before deciding the juvenile's matter, the court must hear the statements of the probation…
- Article 39If there are multiple persons accused of committing a felony, including one or more juveniles and others over eighteen years of age, all shall be referred to the court…
- Article 40The juvenile's trial shall be held in private, and no one may attend it other than the juvenile, his relatives, witnesses, lawyers, probation officers, and anyone whom…
- Article 41The juvenile or the person responsible for his care shall have the right to retain a lawyer to defend him at the investigation and trial stages. If no lawyer is retained…
- Article 42The provisions on recidivism provided for in the Penal Code shall not apply to juveniles subject to this Law.
- Article 43Judgments of the Juvenile Court shall not be counted among prior convictions in the criminal record certificate, and the certificate shall be issued free of these…
- Article 44A judgment imposing on a juvenile any of the measures stipulated in Article 5 of this Law shall be immediately enforceable, even if it is subject to appeal.
- Article 45In misdemeanours and offences of grievous harm and harm resulting in disability committed by a juvenile and punishable by imprisonment not exceeding ten years, the…
- Article 46The Juvenile Court may, upon the request of the Juvenile Prosecution, suspend all or some of the powers of the person responsible for the juvenile's care in the…
- Article 47The Juvenile Protection Police shall bring a delinquent juvenile accused of committing a felony or misdemeanour before the Juvenile Prosecution, which alone shall have…
- Article 48Judgments issued by the Juvenile Court may be appealed, except for judgments ordering that the juvenile be handed over to his parents or to the person having…
- Article 49Appeals against judgments issued by the Juvenile Court shall be heard before one or more appellate circuits designated for that purpose at the Court of First Instance.…
- Article 50An appeal shall be brought before the appellate circuit at the request of the juvenile, his authorized agent, his legal representative or the Juvenile Prosecution,…
Articles 51 – 10018
- Article 51No measure whose implementation has been omitted for a full year from the date of its pronouncement shall be implemented except pursuant to a new decision issued by the…
- Article 52The President of the Juvenile Court within whose jurisdiction enforcement takes place shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate all disputes and issue decisions…
- Article 53An enforcement file shall be created for each convicted juvenile, to which the substantive case file shall be added. All papers relating to enforcement of the judgment…
- Article 54The President of the Juvenile Court, or either of the court's two experts whom he deputizes, shall visit observation homes, juvenile social care institutions, vocational…
- Article 55Judgments and measures issued by the Juvenile Court or arising from decisions of the Juvenile Welfare Committee shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of…
- Article 56If the court considers that the juvenile's physical, mental or psychological condition requires his examination before deciding the case, it shall order that he be…
- Article 57If the act constituting the crime occurred under the influence of a mental or psychological illness or mental deficiency that deprived the juvenile of the capacity for…
- Article 58Every procedural act of which the law requires notice to be served on the juvenile, and every judgment issued concerning the juvenile, must be communicated to the person…
- Article 59Civil claims may not be brought before juvenile courts. Article 60 (1) If an accused person is sentenced to a penalty on the basis that he has reached the age of…
- Article 60If an accused is sentenced to a penalty on the basis that he has reached fifteen years of age, and it is subsequently established kh by official documents that he has…
- Article 61A delinquent juvenile sentenced to imprisonment may be conditionally released if the juvenile has served half of the sentence imposed and the reports prepared concerning…
- Article 62An application for conditional release shall be submitted to the Juvenile Prosecution by the juvenile or the person responsible for his care. The Prosecution shall…
- Article 63If the conduct of the released juvenile deteriorates during the period for which he has been released, as established by a report from the probation officer or the…
- Article 64If conditional release is not revoked before the expiry of its term, the release shall become final. Part Five Final Provisions
- Article 65The juvenile or his legal representative shall be exempt from paying any fees or expenses before all courts in actions brought pursuant to this Law.
- Article 66The provisions contained in the Penal Code and the aforementioned Code of Criminal Procedure and Trials shall apply to matters for which no provision is made in this Law.
- Article 67Newspapers, publications and visual, audio and electronic media are prohibited from publishing information about juvenile cases that includes the names or photographs of…
- Article 68A decision shall be issued by the Minister of Social Affairs and Labour selecting probation officers and determining the conditions they must meet. Before commencing his…