The law relating to alternative sentences will come into force next August
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The head of government, Aziz Akhannouch, chaired, Thursday in Rabat, a meeting devoted to monitoring the plan to implement law 43.22 relating to alternative sentences, which will come into force next August.
This law is part of the completion of the implementation of the site of the reform of the judicial system, which King Mohammed VI surrounded by his high concern, said a press release from the Department of the Head of Government.
This meeting, continues the same source, made it possible to take stock of the progress of the preparation of the draft decree for the application of the law relating to alternative penalties, which will be subject as soon as possible to the Council of Government, as well as to the examination of technical, human and material means and the action program to ensure the implementation of the provisions of the law.
On this occasion, Mr. Akhannouch recalled the content of royal speeches and royal letters calling for adopting a new criminal policy arising from the revision and harmonization of the law and the Code of Criminal Procedure, in the sense of their support for developments.
He noted that the use of alternative penalties in our country occurs after studying a series of comparative experiences, taking care to respect the specificities of Moroccan society, so that these sorrows can carry out the expected effects.
The head of government expressed thanks to all the departments concerned, which he called to ensure the conditions for the success of this project, claiming that the government will deploy all the means necessary for the support of its implementation.
According to the press release, law 43.22 relating to alternative sentences intends to support the developments in the world in the field of public freedoms and rights, allowing beneficiaries to access a qualification and insertion within society and help to lighten the problem of prison overcrowding and to rationalize expenses.
It excludes crimes whose prison sentences exceed 5 firm years, as well as cases of recurrence in which the required deterrence is not carried out, it is said.
Alternative penalties are made up of 4 types, namely general interest work, electronic surveillance, restriction of certain rights or the taxation of preventive, qualifying or curative measures, and the provisions relating to amende days, concludes the press release.
