ROLE OF HOUSES OF EQUITY IN PREVENTION OF CRIME IN IRAN (FROM UNAFEI (UNITED NATIONS ASIA AND FAR EAST INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION OF CRIME AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS REPORT FOR 1975 AND RESOURCE SERIES N 11 - SEE NCJ-37161)

• NCJ Number: 37168
• Author(s): G R SHAHRI
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United Nations

Annotation

A HOUSE OF EQUITY, OR PEOPLE'S COURT, IS A SPECIAL VILLAGE COURT WHICH EXISTS IN MOST OF THE LARGER VILLAGES IN IRAN AND WHICH IS DERIVED FROM ANCIENT AS WELL AS LATER ISLAMIC TRADITIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

Abstract

THESE LOCAL COURTS CONSISTS OF FIVE JUDGES ELECTED FROM AMONG MEN OF THE DISTRICT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF LOCAL COURTS OF JUSTICE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. IN ADDITION TO CIVIL JURISDICTION OVER MINOR DISPUTES, THESE COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION OVER MINOR CRIMINAL INFRACTIONS, PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE, AND CUSTODY OF ACCUSED PERSONS IN THE CASE OF MORE SERIOUS CRIMES. THE FIRST HOUSE OF EQUITY WAS SET UP IN 1963 AND AS OF 1974 THEY NUMBERED MORE THAN 8,900.