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The Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Act, 2019 (2019-22). -

Adoption: 2019-05-20 | BRB-2019-L-108812

Barbados - Criminal and penal law - Law, Act

Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) (Amendment) Act 2016. -

Adoption: 2016-02-10 | BRB-2016-L-104933

Barbados - Criminal and penal law - Law, Act

Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2015. -

Adoption: 2015-10-28 | BRB-2015-L-104931

Barbados - Criminal and penal law - Law, Act

Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Amendment) Act, 1999 (No. 2).

Adoption: 1999-03-02 | BRB-1999-L-55995

Determines under which conditions convicted persons shall be rehabilitated.

Barbados - Criminal and penal law - Law, Act

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

Adoption: 1998-12-23 | BRB-1998-L-51635

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.

Barbados - Criminal and penal law - Law, Act

Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act, 1997 (Cap. 127) (L.R.O. 2002). -

Adoption: 1997-03-27 | BRB-1997-L-73343

Makes provision for certain criminal convictions of offenders to become spent and to be expunged from the records.

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Criminal Damage Act (Cap. 113B) (L.R.O. 2002). -

Adoption: 1994-09-01 | BRB-1994-L-73340

Deals with matters related to the criminal damage of property.

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Criminal Law (Arrestable Offences) Act (Cap. 125A) (L.R.O. 2004). -

Adoption: 1994-09-01 | BRB-1994-L-73341

Abolishes the distinction between a felony and a misdemeanour. Makes amendments to a number of Acts to implement this change including: the Post Office Act; the Counterfeit Currency In (Convention) Act; the Customs Act; the Stamp Duty Act; the Juries Act; the Coinage (Offences) Act; the Criminal Procedure Act; the Indictment Act; the Malicious Injury to Property Act; The Perjury Act; the Vagrancy Act; the Police Act; the Official Secrets Act, 1911 (contained in the Appendix to Title XII); the Judicial Sale of Land Act; the Administration of Estates (Jurisdiction and Procedure) Act; the Agricultural Aids Act; the Bankruptcy Act; the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Act; the Pawnbrokers Act; the Barbados National Bank Act; the Central Bank of Barbados Bank; and the Veterinary Surgeons Act.

Barbados - Criminal and penal law - Law, Act

Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act (Cap. 130A). -

Adoption: 1992-02-13 | BRB-1992-L-104932

Barbados - Criminal and penal law - Law, Act

Criminal Appeal Act (Cap. 113A) (L.R.O. 2002). -

Adoption: 1983-09-01 | BRB-1983-L-73339

Provides for appeals to the Barbados Court of Appeal and to the Privy Council in criminal cases.

Barbados - Criminal and penal law - Law, Act

Sentence of Death (Expectant Mothers) (Cap. 153). -

Adoption: 1934-12-20 | BRB-1934-L-73378

Provides that capital punishment shall not be passed on pregnant women.

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Juvenile Offenders Act (Cap. 138) (L.R.O. 1998). -

Adoption: 1932-09-01 | BRB-1932-L-73349

Regulates procedures concerning juvenile offenders. A child is defined as a person under the age of 14 years and a juvenile is a person between the ages of 14 and 16 years. The Act abolishes the death sentences for a person convicted of an offence under the age of 18 years.

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Criminal Procedure Act (Cap. 127) (L.R.O. 1998). -

Adoption: 1891-06-05 | BRB-1891-L-73342

Amends and consolidates the law in Barbados with respect to the administration of justice in criminal cases.