Juvenile Justice Act Article 67

Where a juvenile commits an offense with a maximum punishment of five (5) years imprisonment, a prosecutor, after conducting the investigation and taking into consideration Article 57 of the Criminal Code, deems it appropriate not to subject the juvenile to criminal prosecution but to apply protective measures, the prosecutor may make a decision to exempt the prosecution and transfer the matter to the juvenile court to be handled as a matter of juvenile protection. Where the prosecutor is of the view that the matter should be subject to criminal prosecution, the prosecutor shall prosecute the case before the juvenile court. Where a matter has been transferred to a juvenile court to be handled as a matter of juvenile protection but the juvenile court made a renewed transfer for criminal prosecution, the prosecutor may not make a decision to exempt the prosecution and transfer the matter back to the juvenile court again to be handled as a matter of juvenile protection in accordance with the preceding paragraph.