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Penal System Reform Act, 1998 (No. 50).

Main Region

First Region

Barbados
Criminal and penal law
1998-12-23
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides for suspended sentencing, curfew orders, mediation, and community service sentences for criminal offenders. Mediation shall permit young offenders to make amends to a complainant by performing unpaid work, paying compensation, or participating in a rehabilitation programme. Amends the Juvenile Offenders Act to raise the age of criminal responsibility from seven to eleven.

Serial region

    Serial title
    Official Gazette, Acts
    Page range
    56 p.