• For the purpose of applying the provisions of this Regulation, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth opposite each of them:

  • 1- Ministry: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
  • 2- Minister: Minister of Human Resources and Social Development.
  • 3- Juvenile: Any male or female who has completed the twelfth year and has not completed the eighteenth year of age.
  • 4- Court: The court - or the chamber - competent to consider juvenile cases.
  • 5- The Institution: An entity affiliated with the Ministry or licensed by it, in which separate places are designated for the detention of male juveniles, others for females, and separate detention places for detained male juveniles, and others for detained female juveniles.
  • 6- Director of the Institution: The person assigned to manage the institution or his deputy.
  • 7- Competent Authority: The law enforcement authority that delivers the juvenile to the institution.

The center is responsible for the care and rehabilitation of detainee juveniles or those sentenced to deposit.

• The institution must not receive the juvenile except after observing the following:

  • 1- That the receipt is from the competent authority.
    2- Verifying his identity and age based on an official document.
    3- That the competent authority attaches a statement including all necessary information, if the purpose of his detention is to investigate him.
    4- That the institution requests from the competent authority a medical report from a government hospital clarifying the juvenile’s health condition in case any physical injuries, contagious diseases, mental or psychological disorders are observed.

• Upon receiving the juvenile, the institution shall undertake the following:

• 1- Create a general file for him that includes his data and information by filling out a form saved in his general file containing the following basic data:

  • A- His name, civil registration number, nationality, and date of birth.
  • B- Date of entry, and his health and social status.
  • C- Date of arrest, and the name of the arresting authority.
  • D- Type of case for which he was detained or committed.
  • E- Name and position of his receiver, and name and position of the data registrar.
  • F- Means of communication with his guardian or equivalent.
  • G- Number of previous admissions to the institution (if any).

• 2- Create a medical file for him that includes his data and medical reports.

• 3- The data contained in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article shall be treated confidentially, and no one other than the authorized personnel may access it except with the approval of the Minister or his delegate.

• After receiving the juvenile, the institution shall do the following:

  • 1- Notify his guardian or whoever acts on his behalf of his location immediately upon receipt.
    2- Search him in a manner that ensures his protection and safety as well as the safety of those in the institution, confiscate all items in his possession and keep them in the safe deposit box, and prepare a receipt for the materials received from him, signed by him or his guardian or whoever acts on his behalf, and by the safe deposit officer, provided that the items are returned to him upon his release, unless he wishes to hand them over to his guardian or whoever acts on his behalf.
    3- Take his fingerprints.
    4- Take a photograph and deposit it in his general file referred to in Article (Four).
    5- Refer him to the social specialist at the institution to study his social condition and prepare a report on it.
    6- Inform him of the institution’s regulations, the rights granted to him, and the duties and prohibitions imposed on him, and have him sign to acknowledge awareness and commitment to them.
    7- Clearly inform him and his guardian or whoever acts on his behalf of the procedures of the case, the charge attributed to him, and the rights and guarantees he has.

The house prepares an appropriate place for conducting the investigation with the juvenile and an appropriate place for his trial, ensuring that it includes all necessary requirements.

If the director of the house determines that the juvenile is not prepared to appear before the court - after considering the recommendation of the social worker - he may request the court to postpone the consideration of the case.

1- The institution shall carry out the deposit penalty imposed on the juvenile and release him upon the expiration of its duration. If the judgment issued concerning him includes another penalty that was not executed during the deposit, he shall be summoned to execute the other penalty whenever the court requests so.
2- The institution shall submit a medical report to the court on the juvenile's health condition before executing any penalty other than the deposit.
3- The institution shall prepare a report on the execution of any penalty other than the deposit, which shall be signed by its director, in addition to the court's representative and the specialist doctor in the institution.

Three (3) meals are provided to the juvenile daily according to a prepared schedule, with light nutritional needs available throughout the day. The juvenile shall not be deprived of the prescribed meals or have them reduced except for medical reasons. If the juvenile’s condition requires special food, it must be provided according to the recommendations of the specialist doctor in the facility.

• The juvenile must be allowed exposure to sunlight and fresh air daily for specific and regular periods as recommended by the specialist doctor in the facility, taking into account the security aspects in this regard.