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BRB-1998-L-51635
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Penal System Reform Act, 1998 (No. 50).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Barbados
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1998-12-23
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
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.