Youth Courts Law
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Übersetzung durch Chris Pavis und Neil Mussett.
Translation provided by Chris Pavis and Neil Mussett.
© 2009 juris GmbH, Saarbrücken
| Part I Scope | |
| Section 1 | Scope as to persons and substantive scope |
| Section 2 | Goal of criminal law relating to young people; application of general criminal law |
| Part II Youths | |
| First Title Youth misconduct and its consequences | |
| First Chapter General provisions | |
| Section 3 | Criminal liability |
| Section 4 | Legal classification of acts committed by youths |
| Section 5 | Consequences of youth offences |
| Section 6 | Incidental consequences |
| Section 7 | Measures of reform and prevention |
| Section 8 | Combination of measures and youth penalty |
| Second Chapter Supervisory measures | |
| Section 9 | Types of measure |
| Section 10 | Instructions |
| Section 11 | Duration of and subsequent amendments to instructions; consequences of failure to comply |
| Section 12 | Supervisory assistance |
| Third Chapter Disciplinary measures | |
| Section 13 | Types of measure and their application |
| Section 14 | Reprimands |
| Section 15 | Conditions |
| Section 16 | Youth detention |
| Fourth Chapter Youth penalty | |
| Section 17 | Form and conditions |
| Section 18 | Duration of youth penalty |
| Section 19 | - |
| Fifth Chapter Probationary suspension of youth penalty | |
| Section 20 | (Deleted) |
| Section 21 | Suspension of sentence |
| Section 22 | Probationary period |
| Section 23 | Instructions and conditions |
| Section 24 | Probationary assistance |
| Section 25 | Appointment and duties of the probation officer |
| Section 26 | Revocation of probationary suspension of sentence |
| Section 26a | Remission of youth penalty |
| Sixth Chapter Suspension of imposition of youth penalty | |
| Section 27 | Conditions |
| Section 28 | Probationary period |
| Section 29 | Probationary assistance |
| Section 30 | Imposition of youth penalty; spending of sentence |
| Seventh Chapter Combination of offences | |
| Section 31 | Commission of several offences by a youth |
| Section 32 | Combination of offences committed at different ages and different stages of maturity |
| Second Title Constitution and procedure of youth courts | |
| First Chapter Constitution of youth courts | |
| Section 33 | Youth courts |
| Section 33a | |
| Section 33b | |
| Section 34 | Tasks of the youth court judge |
| Section 35 | Lay youth assessors |
| Section 36 | Public prosecutors handling matters involving youths |
| Section 37 | Selection of youth court judges and public prosecutors handling matters involving youths |
| Section 38 | Youth courts assistance service |
| Second Chapter Jurisdiction | |
| Section 39 | Substantive jurisdiction of the youth court judge |
| Section 40 | Substantive jurisdiction of the lay youth assessors' court |
| Section 41 | Substantive jurisdiction of the youth panel |
| Section 42 | Geographical jurisdiction |
| Third Chapter Youth criminal proceedings | |
| First
Subchapter Preliminary proceedings | |
| Section 43 | Scope of investigations |
| Section 44 | Questioning the accused |
| Section 45 | Dispensing with prosecution |
| Section 46 | Principal results of the investigations |
| Second Subchapter The main proceedings | |
| Section 47 | Discontinuation of proceedings by the judge |
| Section 47a | Pre-eminence of the youth courts |
| Section 48 | Exclusion of the public |
| Section 49 | Administering of oath |
| Section 50 | Presence at the main hearing |
| Section 51 | Temporary exclusion of participants |
| Section 52 | Credit for remand detention when calculating youth detention |
| Section 52a | Credit for remand detention when calculating youth penalty |
| Section 53 | Transfer of matters to the family or guardianship judge |
| Section 54 | Grounds for the judgment |
| Third Subchapter Legal remedies | |
| Section 55 | Contesting decisions |
| Section 56 | Partial enforcement of an aggregate penalty |
| Fourth Subchapter Procedure for probationary suspension of youth penalty | |
| Section 57 | Decision on suspension |
| Section 58 | Further decisions |
| Section 59 | Contesting decisions |
| Section 60 | Probation plan |
| Section 61 | (Deleted) |
| Fifth Subchapter Procedure for suspension of imposition of youth penalty | |
| Section 62 | Decisions |
| Section 63 | Contesting decisions |
| Section 64 | Probation plan |
| Sixth Subchapter Supplementary decisions | |
| Section 65 | Subsequent decisions on instructions and conditions |
| Section 66 | Supplementation of decisions in force for multiple convictions |
| Seventh Subchapter Common provisions on procedure | |
| Section 67 | Position of the parent or guardian and of the legal representative |
| Section 68 | Compulsory defence counsel |
| Section 69 | Adviser |
| Section 70 | Notifications |
| Section 71 | Preliminary orders on supervision |
| Section 72 | Remand detention |
| Section 72a | Involvement of the youth court assistance service in custody matters |
| Section 73 | Placement for observation purposes |
| Section 74 | Costs and expenses |
| Eighth Subchapter Simplified procedure for cases involving youths | |
| Section 75 | (Deleted) |
| Section 76 | Conditions for applying the simplified procedure for matters involving youths |
| Section 77 | Rejection of the application |
| Section 78 | Procedure and decision |
| Ninth Subchapter Suspension of provisions of general procedural law | |
| Section 79 | Penalty order and accelerated procedure |
| Section 80 | Private prosecution and private ancillary prosecution |
| Section 81 | Compensation for the aggrieved person |
| Third Title Enforcement and execution | |
| First
Chapter Enforcement | |
| First Subchapter Status of enforcement and jurisdiction | |
| Section 82 | Enforcement officer |
| Section 83 | Decisions in enforcement proceedings |
| Section 84 | Geographical jurisdiction |
| Section 85 | Surrender and transfer of enforcement |
| Second Subchapter Youth detention | |
| Section 86 | Conversion of detention during leisure time |
| Section 87 | Enforcement of youth detention |
| Third Subchapter Youth penalty | |
| Section 88 | Suspension of remainder of youth penalty |
| Section 89 | - |
| Section 89a | Interruption and enforcement of youth penalty in combination with imprisonment |
| Second Chapter Execution | |
| Section 90 | Youth detention |
| Section 91 | Purpose of executing youth penalties |
| Section 92 | Legal recourse in execution of youth detention, youth penalty and placement in a psychiatric hospital or in an institution for withdrawal treatment |
| Section 93 | Remand detention |
| Section 93a | Placement in an institution for withdrawal treatment |
| Fourth Title Striking from the criminal record | |
| Sections 94 to 96 | |
| Section 97 | Striking from the criminal record by judicial instruction |
| Section 98 | Procedure |
| Section 99 | Decision |
| Section 100 | Striking from the criminal record following remission of penalty or of a remainder of penalty |
| Section 101 | Revocation |
| Fifth Subchapter Youths brought before courts with jurisdiction for general criminal matters | |
| Section 102 | Jurisdiction |
| Section 103 | Joinder of several criminal matters |
| Section 104 | Proceedings against youths |
| Part III Young adults | |
| First Chapter Application of substantive criminal law | |
| Section 105 | Application of youth criminal law to young adults |
| Section 106 | Mitigation of general criminal law with regard to young adults; preventive detention |
| Second Chapter Constitution of the court and procedure | |
| Section 107 | Constitution of the court |
| Section 108 | Jurisdiction |
| Section 109 | Procedure |
| Third Chapter Enforcement, execution and striking from the criminal record | |
| Section 110 | Enforcement and execution |
| Section 111 | Striking from the criminal record |
| Fourth Chapter Young adults appearing in courts with jurisdiction for general criminal matters | |
| Section 112 | Application mutatis mutandis |
| Part Four Special provisions applicable to soldiers in the Federal Armed Forces | |
| Section 112a | Application of youth criminal law |
| Section 112b | Supervisory assistance by the disciplinary officer |
| Section 112c | Enforcement |
| Section 112d | Hearing the disciplinary officer |
| Section 112e | Proceedings before courts with jurisdiction for general criminal matters |
| Part
Five Concluding and transitional provisions | |
| Section 113 | Probation officers |
| Section 114 | Execution of imprisonment in a facility provided for execution of youth penalty |
| Section 115 | Regulations on execution issued by the German Federal Government |
| Section 116 | Temporal application |
| Section 117 | Composition of the court |
| Section 118 | |
| Section 119 | Custodial sentences |
| Section 120 | References |
| Section 121 | Transitional provision |
| Section 122 | |
| Section 123 | Special provision for Berlin |
| Section 124 | Berlin clause |
| Section 125 | Entry into force |