Law No. 76 of 1988, Third Amendment to the Law of Juveniles Welfare, No. 76 of 1983, 20 June 1988.
This Act amends the Iraq Juveniles Welfare Act to attach to the Juveniles Rehabilitation House an annex for young "vagrant" or "perverted" females and to provide that, if a lodged female reaches the age of 18 and has lost her family or fears for her life if she is returned to her family, she may, upon order of the Juveniles Court, be sheltered in the annex until she is 22, marries, finds suitable work, or voluntarily is returned to her family.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001519:Behavior; D002655:Child Custody; D002668:Child Rearing; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005843:Geography; D006798:Housing; D007493:Iraq; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011640:Public Policy; D012111:Residence Characteristics
Adolescents; Adolescents, Female--legal aspects; Age Factors; Arab Countries; Asia; Behavior; Child Custody--legal aspects; Child Rearing; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Geographic Factors; Housing--legal aspects; Iraq; Legislation; Population; Population Characteristics; Residence Characteristics; Social Protection--women; Spatial Distribution; Western Asia; Youth--legal aspects; Youth--women