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2. A punishment or educational coercive measures may be imposed on minors having
committed a criminal offence.
Article 86.
Types of punishment
Types of punishment imposed on minors shall be as follows:
(1) fine.
(2) public works.
(3) detention.
(4) fixed-term imprisonment.
Article 87.
Fine
1. A fine shall be applied in case of availability of a minor’s own earnings or property which
may be levied in execution.
2. A fine shall be imposed in the amount of ten-fold to five-hundred-fold of the minimum salary
prescribed in the Republic of Armenia at the time of imposing a punishment.
Article 88.
Detention
Detention — for a term of fifteen days to two months — shall be imposed on a minor having
attained the age of sixteen at the time of delivering the criminal judgment.
Article 89.
Imprisonment
1. (part repealed by HO-67-N of 24 December 2004)
2. Imprisonment shall be imposed on minors:
(1) for a maximum term of one year for a crime of minor gravity, and for a maximum term of
three years for a crime of medium gravity;
(2) for a maximum term of seven years for a grave or particularly grave criminal offence
committed before attaining the age of sixteen;
(3) for a maximum term of ten years for a grave or particularly grave criminal offence
committed at the age of sixteen up to attaining the age of eighteen.
(Article 89 supplemented by HO-67-N of 24 December 2004)
Article 90.
Imposing a punishment
1. When imposing a punishment on a minor, his or her living and upbringing conditions, degree
of mental development, health condition, other specific characteristics of a person, as well as
influence of other persons on him or her shall be taken into account.
2. Imprisonment — by way of cumulation of crimes — for persons having committed a criminal
offence of medium gravity, a grave or particularly grave criminal offence before attaining the
age of sixteen, may not exceed seven years.
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