For imprisonment and fine penalties provided for in some of the articles of this law, or
any other law, whereby the minimum and maximum limits are not defined or the
maximum limits defined as exceeding one week imprisonment or a five Jordanian
Dinars (JD5) fine, the minimum imprisonment term would be considered as one week
and the minimum fine would be five Jordanian dinars (JD5). Whereas when the
maximum limits are not defined, the maximum imprisonment term would be three
years and the maximum fine would be two hundred dinars (JD200).
Article (27)
1. The court may order grating the convicted person sentenced to imprisonment
special treatment as prescribed in the Prisons Act.
2. If a person is sentenced to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months,
the court which issued the judgment has the power to replace imprisonment
sentence with a fine on the basis of two dinars (JD2) for each day, provided that
the court is convinced that the fine is a sufficient penalty for the crime committed.
3. If a couple (husband and wife) are sentenced to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding one year and has under their care a person who is under eighteen years
of age, the sentence shall be executed consecutively provided they have a fixed
place of residence.
Chapter Two
Precautionary measures in general terms
Article (28)
Precautionary measures are:
1. Freedom confining measures
2. Material confiscation
3. Precautionary bond
4. Closure of a business place
5. Dissolution or a legal entity or halting its functions
(1) Freedom Confining
Article (29)
1. Any person sentenced to detention in a precautionary quarter shall be placed in a
special hospital and provided the treatment required.
2. Any person sentenced with a freedom confining penalty or a precautionary bond
and during sentence execution it was proven that he / she has become mentally
incapacitated; he / she shall be placed in a precautionary quarter and given the
treatment needed. The precautionary measure or detention period shall not exceed
the remaining period of the suspended measure unless the convict constitutes a
danger on the public safety.
3. The death penalty shall be suspended if the convicted person becomes mentally
incapacitated. If the person regains sanity according to a medical report issued by
a specialized medical committee, the penalty shall then be executed.
(2) Material Confiscation
Article (30)
With consideration of the rights of others who acted in good faith, all items generated
as a result of a felony or intentional misdemeanor, or items used or prepared for use in