Prison Act (Turkey)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ceza ve Güvenlik Tedbirlerin İnfazı Hakkında Kanun |
| Number: | 5275 |
| Type: | law |
| Scope: | Republic of Turkey |
| Adoption date: | December 13, 2004 |
| Official Journal : | No. 25685 BC December 29, 2004 |
| Last change by: | G. No. 5739 of February 26, 2008 |
| Effective date of the last change: |
March 1, 2008 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version . | |
The Law on the Execution of Sentences and Safety Measures ( Turkish: Ceza ve Güvenlik Tedbirlerin İnfazı Hakkında Kanun ) regulates the judicial system in Turkey .
The law was passed on December 13, 2004 and came into force on June 1, 2005. The previous Prison Act No. 647 of July 13, 1965 was thus repealed. According to Art. 3, the aim of the execution of a sentence is to "improve the offender for the protection of society".
A fundamental addition is the Ordinance on the Administration of Prisons and the Execution of Penalties and Safety Measures , which came into force on April 6, 2006.
Web links
- Legal text (Turkish)
- General reasons for the law (DOC, Turkish; 46 kB)
- Reasons for the individual regulations (DOC, Turkish; 287 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silvia Tellenbach: Reforms in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Prison Execution - A First Overview of the Turkish Reform Laws of 2004 ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 177.44 KB). Online publication, Internet portal for law and economics in Turkey , summer 2005, p. 17.
