Article 18 of Juveniles Law

If 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 detention, remand detention may be ordered for a period not exceeding one week from the date of arrest. The juvenile must be brought before the Juvenile Court to consider renewal for another period or periods not exceeding three months. A juvenile who has not reached fifteen years of age shall not be held in remand detention. The Public Prosecution may place the juvenile in an observation home and have the juvenile produced whenever requested if the circumstances of the case require custody, provided that placement does not exceed one week from the date of apprehension unless the court orders its extension in accordance with the preceding paragraph. Instead of the placement stipulated in the preceding paragraph, an order may be issued handing the juvenile over to the person responsible for the juvenile's care, who shall undertake to produce the juvenile when requested by the prosecution or the court. Anyone breaching this obligation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dinars for each breach of the obligation. The Juvenile Court may also, when considering an extension of the detention or custody order, order that the juvenile be handed over to the person responsible for the juvenile's care, to keep the juvenile in custody and produce the juvenile whenever requested. (1) The Article was amended in accordance with the text of Law No. 1 of 2017 Law Index 344 Home Page Juveniles Law Law No. 111 of 2015 concerning Juveniles