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| Name: | Penal System Reform Act, 1998 (No. 50). |
| Country: | Barbados |
| Subject(s): | Criminal and penal law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1998-12-23 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Official Gazette, Acts, 56 p. |
| ISN: | BRB-1998-L-51635 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=51635&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Official Gazette, Acts, 56 p. |
| 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. |