Act IV of 1978 on the Criminal Code GENERAL ... - Legislationline

Labor in the public interest may only be imposed against juveniles over the age <strong>of</strong> eighteen at the time <strong>of</strong> sentencing.(1) A fine may be inflicted on a juvenile, if he has independent earnings (income) or appropriate property.(2) The fine and the fine as supplementary punishment shall be changed into imprisonment in case <strong>of</strong> irrecoverability.A juvenile may only be prohibited from public affairs in case <strong>of</strong> the infliction <strong>of</strong> imprisonment over one year.The juvenile living in an appropriate family milieu may not be banished from the locality in which his family isliving.(1) Against a juvenile probation may take place in case <strong>of</strong> any crime.(2) The duration <strong>of</strong> probation may last from one year to two years; the duration shall be defined in years and months.(3) The court shall order education in a reformatory institution or inflict punishment in case <strong>of</strong> Section 73, subsection(2).(1) Education in a reformatory institution shall be ordered by the court, if the successful education <strong>of</strong> a juvenilerequires his placement in an institution.(2) The duration <strong>of</strong> education in a reformatory institution may last from one year to three years.(3) The court may temporarily release the juvenile, who has served already at least one year in the reformatoryinstitution, if he has served already half <strong>of</strong> the inflicted education in a reformatory institution, and it may be supposedon well-founded grounds that the aim <strong>of</strong> the measure may also be achieved without further education in a reformatory