Article 14 of Juveniles Law

The 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 Juveniles Article 15 (1) A juvenile shall not be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. If a juvenile who has completed fifteen years of age and has not exceeded eighteen years of age commits a felony punishable by death or life imprisonment, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen years. If a juvenile commits an offence punishable by fixed-term imprisonment, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding half the maximum prescribed by law for the offence. A juvenile shall not be punished by a fine, whether or not that penalty is coupled with imprisonment. The foregoing provisions shall not prejudice the court’s power to apply the provisions of Articles 81, 82 and 83 of the Penal Code within the limits legally permitted for their application to the offence committed by the juvenile.