{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:103","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Punishment of Juvenile Offenders Requiring Deterrence or Reformation","number":"103","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART I — THE GENERAL PART","book":"BOOK II — PUNISHMENT","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 3. — Punishment of Young Offenders and Irresponsible Persons"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Where, from the circumstances under which the offence was committed and the character and background of the offender, the Court finds that a juvenile offender convicted of any offence requires criminal punishment to deter him from the commission of further offences or to aid in his reformation, the Court may sentence a juvenile offender under the provisions of this Code, with the following limitations:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":91,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/91/?article=103&paragraph=lead#article-103-lead"}]},{"id":"pa","number":"a","text":"a juvenile offender shall not be sentenced to death or life imprisonment;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/#pa","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":91,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/91/?article=103&paragraph=pa#article-103-pa"}]},{"id":"pb","number":"b","text":"minimum sentences prescribed in Article 65 or elsewhere and the limitations on the availability of suspension of sentence contained in Article 82 or elsewhere shall not apply in the case of a juvenile offender;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/#pb","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":91,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/91/?article=103&paragraph=pb#article-103-pb"}]},{"id":"pc","number":"c","text":"the maximum sentence or aggregate sentences allowed shall be reduced to ten years in the case of a juvenile offender;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/#pc","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":91,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/91/?article=103&paragraph=pc#article-103-pc"}]},{"id":"pd","number":"d","text":"a juvenile offender shall be eligible for conditional release after service of 6 months of any sentence of imprisonment;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/#pd","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":91,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/91/?article=103&paragraph=pd#article-103-pd"}]},{"id":"pe","number":"e","text":"a juvenile offender shall serve any sentence of imprisonment in an institution under conditions conducive to his reform and education;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/#pe","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":92,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/92/?article=103&paragraph=pe#article-103-pe"}]},{"id":"pf","number":"f","text":"a juvenile offender may be allowed to perform Community Work, or the community work may be substituted as prescribed by reformative institutions; and","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/#pf","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":92,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/92/?article=103&paragraph=pf#article-103-pf"}]},{"id":"pg","number":"g","text":"attendance at school may be substituted for Community Work.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/103/#pg","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":92,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/92/?article=103&paragraph=pg#article-103-pg"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}