Article (18)
Hard labor, is deployment of the convicted offender to hard labour suitable to his / her
state of health and age, whether inside or outside the prison.
Article (19)
Detention is the placement of the convicted person at one of the State prisons for the
term he / she is sentenced to with granting of special treatment and not requiring the
person to wear prison uniform or work inside or outside the prison without his / her
consent.
Article (20)
If not otherwise provided for in this code, the minimum sentence prescribed for
temporary hard labor and temporary detention is three years with a maximum of
fifteen years.
Article (21)
Imprisonment is the placement of the convicted person in one of the state prisons for
the period of the verdict which ranges between one week and three years unless the
law provides otherwise.
Article (22)
A fine, is obliging the convicted person to pay the government treasury the amount
stated in the judgment. The fine amount ranges between five dinars (JD5) to two
hundred dinars (JD200) unless the law provides otherwise:
1. If the convicted person failed to pay the fine amount, an imprisonment of one
day would be imposed for every two dinars (JD2) or its fraction thereof,
provided that the imprisonment term not to exceed one year in this case.
2. When the court issues a judgment imposing a fine, the judgment should
indicate that failure to pay the fine amount would lead to the imprisonment of
the convicted person for the equivalence of the imposed amount provided for
in the preceding paragraph. In the absence of such text, the fine shall be
replaced upon the decision issued by the General Prosecution.
3. Any partial payments done before or during the imprisonment and any other
collected amount shall be deducted from the fine amount which is stated in the
judgment according to paragraph one of this article.
(4) Exasperating Punishment
Article (23)
The duration of exasperation imprisonment ranges between twenty-four hours to one
week, and, where possible, are executed at places other than those appropriated to
offenders convicted with felony or misdemeanor sentences.
Article (24)
The Exasperation Fine ranges between two and ten Jordanian dinars (JD2-10).
General Provisions
Article (26)