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

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