The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the Latvian Code of administrative offences in the Latvian Code of administrative offences the following amendments: 1. To supplement the code with article 12.1, as follows: "article 12.1. Educative in nature, the application of coercive measures for minors minors aged between 14 and 18 years for committing administrative offences may apply the empowering nature of coercive measures.
Empowering nature of coercive measures may also be applied to minors between the ages of 11 to 14 years, if they have committed an offence in law for the administrative responsibility. "
2. Add to article 210 of the third paragraph as follows: "the municipal Administrative Commission examine the material or administrative infringement cases and decide questions about the educative nature coercive measures to minors."
3. Add to the first paragraph of article 238.1 with paragraph 4 by the following: ") for the transmission of material 4 municipal Administrative Commission for decision on empowering the question nature coercive measures if the infringement committed a minor between the ages of 11 to 14 years."
4. Supplement article 268. paragraph 6 by the following: ' 6) or is based on administrative offences case to send the matter to the Administrative Commission of the municipality's decision on empowering nature of application of coercive measures for minors. "
5. Supplement article 269 of the fourth subparagraph by the following: "to decide the issue of empowering nature of the coercive measures applied to minors, material and administrative offences cases sent for examination to the municipal Administrative Commission after the minor's place of residence."
6. Article 275: Add to the first part of paragraph 3 with the following: "3) for administrative infringement cases sent to the municipal Administrative Commission for decision on empowering the question the nature of the application of coercive measures for minors.";
to supplement the article with a new second subparagraph by the following: "If the case is heard by the municipal Administrative Commission, it can also make a decision on the empowering nature of coercive measures to minors".
consider the second part of the third part.
7. Supplement article 283 first subparagraph following the words "the imposition of the administrative penalty of" with the words "or on educative nature of application of coercive measures to minors".
The law shall enter into force on January 1, 2004.
The law adopted by the Parliament in the March 13, 2003.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga 2003 April 1 editorial comment: the law shall enter into force by January 1, 2004.