Article 84
In selecting a correctional measure, the court shall take into consideration the
juvenile’s age, maturity, other qualities, propensities, level of neglect in terms of their
personal and educational development, motive for which the crime was committed,
overall living environment before the commission, seriousness of the crime, whether the
juvenile has previously received any correctional measures or sanctions and any other
circumstances that may assist in the selection of the measure which best serves its
purpose.
Imposition of Correctional Measures
Article 85
(1) Disciplinary measures shall be imposed on a juvenile who need not be
submitted to extended correctional measures and, particularly, if he committed a
criminal offence out of recklessness or levity.
(2) Direct supervision measures shall be imposed on a juvenile if it appears
necessary to submit him to extended measures of education, reformation or treatment
with adequate supervision, but where it is not necessary to completely isolate him from
his usual environment.
(3) Institutional measures shall be imposed on a juvenile where it appears
necessary to submit him to extended measures of education, corrective training or
treatment but also to isolation from his usual environment and where the court finds
that the purpose of correctional measures may not be achieved by applying the measures
referred to in paras 1 and 2 above. Institutional correctional measures shall last, subject
to the limits laid down by this Code, only until the purpose provided for in Art.82 hereof
has been achieved.
Reprimand
Article 86
(1) Reprimand shall be imposed if it is considered sufficient to only reprimand a
juvenile for a committed criminal offence.
(2) When imposing a reprimand, the court shall point to the wrongfulness of his
act to the juvenile and inform him of the possibility that a more severe sanction be
imposed if he commits a criminal offence again.
Referral to Juvenile Correctional Facility
Article 87
(1) The court shall order referral to a juvenile correctional facility when it is
needed to apply short-term measures in order to influence juvenile’s personality and
behaviour.