6. The judgement imposed on juvenile offenders aged under 16 years shall not be
taken into account for determining recidivism or dangerous recidivism.
Article 70.- Judicial measures applicable to juvenile offenders
1. In the case of juvenile offenders, the courts may decide the application of one of
the following judicial measures of educative and preventive character:
a) Education at communes, wards or district towns;
b) Sending them to reformatory schools.
2. The courts may apply the commune/ward/district town-based education measure
for between one and two years to juvenile offenders of less serious crimes or serious
crimes.
Persons placed under the commune/ward/district town-based education must fulfill
their obligations on study and labor, abide by laws under the supervision of and
education by the local commune/ward/district town administration or social
organizations assigned such responsibility by the courts.
3. The court may apply the measure of sending juvenile offenders to reformatory
schools for between one and two years if it is deemed that due to the seriousness of
their offenses, their personal identification and living environment, such persons
should be sent to reeducation organizations with strict disciplines.
4. If persons subject to education at communes, wards or district towns or persons
sent to reformatory schools have already served half of the term decided by the
courts and made good progress, the courts, at the proposal of the agencies,
organizations or schools assigned the responsibility of supervising and educating
them, may decide the termination of the duration of education at communes, wards,
district towns or the duration at reformatory schools.
Article 71.- Penalties applicable to juvenile offenders
The juvenile offenders shall be subject to one of the following penalties for each
offense:
1. Warning;
2. Fine;
3. Non-custodial reform;
4. Termed imprisonment.
Article 72.- Fine
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