第五章 司法保護
Chapter V Judicial Protection

第三十八條　對違法犯罪的未成年人，實行教育、感化、挽救的方針，堅持教育為主、懲罰為輔的原則。
Article 38 In respect of delinquent minors, the policy of education, persuasion and redemption shall be implemented and the principle of taking education as the main method and punishment as the subsidiary shall be upheld.

第三十九條　已滿十四周歲的未成年人犯罪，因不滿十六周歲不予刑事處罰的，責令其家長或者其他監(jiān)護人加以管教；必要時，也可以由政府收容教養(yǎng)。
Article 39 In respect of minors reaching the age of fourteen who have committed crimes but are not subject to criminal punishment because they have not yet reached the age of sixteen, their parents or other guardians shall be ordered to subject them to discipline; when necessary, such minors may also be taken in for rehabilitation by the government.

第四十條　公安機關、人民檢察院、人民法院辦理未成年人犯罪的案件，應當照顧未成年人的身心特點，并可以根據(jù)需要設產(chǎn)專門機構或者指定專人辦理。
Article 40 Public security organs, people's procuratorates and people's courts shall, in dealing with cases involving crimes committed by minors, take their physical and mental characteristics into consideration, and may, in line with needs, set up special organs or designate special persons to handle such cases.

公安機關、人民檢察院、人民法院和少年犯管教所，應當尊重違法犯罪的未成年人的人格尊嚴，保障他們的合法權益。
Public security organs, people's procuratorates, people's courts and reformatories for juvenile delinquents shall respect the personal dignity of the delinquent minors and safeguard their lawful rights and interests.

第四十一條　公安機關、人民檢察院、人民法院對審前羈押的未成年人，應當與羈押的成年人分別看管。
Article 41 Public security organs, people's procuratorates and people's courts shall guard minors under custody, pending trial, separately from adults under custody.

對經(jīng)人民法院判決服刑的未成年人，應當與服刑的成人分別關押、管理。
Minors who are sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment by the people's courts shall be housed and guarded separately from adults serving their sentences.

第四十二條　十四周歲以上不滿十六周歲的未成年人犯罪的案件，一律不公開審理。十六周歲以上不滿十八周歲的未成人的犯罪的案件，一般也不公開審理。
Article 42 All cases involving crimes committed by minors over fourteen years old but under sixteen shall not be tried publicly. Cases involving crimes committed by minors over sixteen years old but under eighteen shall, in general, not be tried publicly.

對未成年人犯罪案件，在判決前，新聞報道、影視節(jié)目、公開出版物不得披露該未成年人的姓名、住所、照片及可能推斷出該未成年人的資料。
With regard to cases involving crimes committed by minors, the names, home addresses and photos of such minors as well as other information which can be used to deduce who they are, may not be disclosed, before the judgment, in news reports, films, TV programmes and in any other openly circulated publications.

第四十三條　家庭和學校及其他有關單位，應當配合違法犯罪未成斫人所在的少年犯管教所等單位，共同做好違法犯罪未成年人的教育挽救工作。
Article 43 The families, schools and other units concerned shall coordinate, in educating and redeeming the delinquent minors, with the reformatories for juvenile delinquents and other similar units where the delinquent minors are held.

第四十四條　人民檢察院免予起訴、人民法院免除刑事處罰或者宣告緩刑以及被解除收容教養(yǎng)或者服刑期滿釋放的未成年人，復學、升學、就業(yè)不受歧視。
Article 44 Minors who are exempt from prosecution by the people's procuratorates, from criminal punishment by the people's courts, or the execution of whose sentence is announced suspended by the people's court, and minors who have been released from reformatory custody or have served their terms of imprisonment shall not be discriminated against in respect of resuming schooling, entering a higher school or employment.

第四十五條　人民法院審理繼承案件，應當依法保護未成年人的繼承權。
Article 45 The people's courts shall, in handling cases concerning inheritance, protect the minors' right of inheritance according to law.

人民法院審理離婚案件，離婚雙方因撫養(yǎng)未成年子女發(fā)生爭執(zhí)，不能達成協(xié)議時，應當根據(jù)保障子女權權益的原則和雙方具體情況判決。
In handling cases of divorce, if disputes arise between the two parties concerned over the support of the minor child or children and no agreement can be reached, the people's courts shall make judgment in accordance with the principle of safeguarding the rights and interests of the child or children and in light of the specific conditions of the two parties concerned.