Article 101

A child offender shall not be subject to the punishments prescribed in this Book or elsewhere in this Penal Code, but any of or a combination of the following measures may be ordered by a Court upon finding that a child offender has committed an offence otherwise punishable under this Code:

a reprimand or warning;

the placing of the child offender under the care of his parents or other suitable guardian;

the placing of the child offender in a suitable home especially established for the care of children;

upon a finding of a need for medical, emotional or mental treatment, placement of the child offender under the care of a professional qualified to provide such treatment; and

other measures in respect to the living and up-bringing of the child offender that will aid in the reformation of the child offender.

Any measures ordered under sub-Article (1) shall be reviewed periodically by the Court and any measures that have not been discharged shall terminate automatically when a young offender reaches the age of eighteen.

A finding that a child offender has committed a criminal offence shall not be considered a criminal conviction.

A child offender shall, unless it is impossible to do so, remain in the custody of his parents or other responsible adult, until he is brought before the Court.