Renewed Debate in Jordan Over the Law to Abolish Imprisonment of Debtors Months After Its Ratification

After about six months of its application, the reactions among members of the House of Representatives and economic affairs specialists were contra... : on the amendments to the Judicial Execution Law that included blocking the imprisonment of debtors, which came after years of debate and opposition. Observers believe that a noticeable decrease has occurred in bounced checks due to insufficient funds during this year.

According to the legal amendments that fully came into effect since June, the majority of financial violations where conviction occurs are now covered by imprisonment exceptions except for cases arising from real estate leases, employment contracts, religious and church/executive cases, in addition to state treasury cases valued over 5 thousand dinars, and compensations resulting from harmful acts or negligent responsibility or criminal acts, and claiming personal rights over a criminal act provided its value exceeds 5 thousand.

Member of the House of Representatives, MP Andre Hawari said that the decision not to imprison debtors was a significant mistake that negatively reflected