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TUR-1965-L-61013
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Title_of_text
Enforcement of Sentences Act. Extracts (No. 647).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Türkiye
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1965-07-13
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Section 1 establishes different types of sentences: death, restriction of personal liberty, and fines. Section 2 provides for enforcement of death penalty. Section 17 sets forth obligation of prisoners to work, and regulates its modalities. Prisoners and convicts shall be paid wages to be determined by Ministry of Justice. Ministry of Justice may set up work crews in field of work such as agriculture, fishery, construction, mining and forestry. Public insitutions employing workers shall be required to employ convicts in their respective field of work. Convicts detained in low and medium security prisons, as well as those convicts in maximum-security prisons who have demonstrated good conduct for at leat one-fourth of their prison sentence, shall participate in work crews.
Serial region
Serial title
Unofficial English translation
Page range
2 p.