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10. The Criminal Justice (Day Training Centre) (Guernsey) Law 1989 makes provision for the establishment of a day training centre at the prison for offenders aged 17 and over convicted of an imprisonable offence or who fail to comply with a probation order, to receive training and instruction to enable them to acquire habits of self-discipline, while subjecting them to prison-style discipline
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A projet de loi entitled "Parole Review Committee (Guernsey) Law 1988" (which has been approved by the States of Guernsey and is awaiting Royal Sanction) provides for the release on licence of serving prisoners.
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The Magistrates Court (Juvenile Cases) (Procedure) Rules 1985 repeal and replace the 1956 Rules, a copy of which was annexed to the initial report.
13. The Juvenile Court (Guernsey) Law 1988 establishes a juvenile court in place of the previous jurisdiction exercised by the magistrates court; it contains provisions relating to the constitution, venue and procedure of the new court, which will deal with persons under the age of 17 charged with offences, in need of care or control or brought before the court for non-attendance at school.
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14. The Housing (Control of Occupation) (Guernsey) Law 1982 has been amended by the Housing (Control of Occupation) (Amendment) (Guernsey) Law 1988.
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The Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1986 establishes a system for regulating the use of automatically processed information relating to individuals and the provision of services by computer bureaux in respect of such information and enables individuals who are the subject of such data to obtain access to them, to have them corrected or erased if they are inaccurate, and to be awarded compensation in appropriate cases, thereby enabling the Bailiwick of Guernsey to comply with the 1981 Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (which was ratified on behalf of the Bailiwick on 26 August 1987).
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16. The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Court (Guernsey) Law 1987 replaces the "Loi relative à la séparation de mariés en police correctionnelle (1930)" and amends other legislation relating to matrimonial proceedings in the Magistrates Court jurisdiction. Inter alia, the new law removes existing inequalities and anomalies as between husband and wife in relation to separation, maintenance, custody and access orders and also improves the procedures for the enforcement of maintenance orders made against the fathers of illegitimate children under the Loi relative à l'entretien des enfants illégitimes (1927).
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