阿尔及利亚议会下议院周四通过了一项旨在修改刑法的法案，对故意纵火和拐卖儿童的罪犯引入死刑。
Algeria’s lower house of parliament approved a bill Thursday amending the penal code to introduce the death penalty for those convicted of deliberately setting fires and kidnapping children.
该法案是国民议会新议会任期内议员们批准的第一项立法，此前阿尔及利亚总统阿卜杜勒马吉德·特本在8月份部分地区发生造成人员伤亡和财产损失的山火后发出了相关指示。
The bill is the first legislation approved by lawmakers in the People’s National Assembly during the new parliamentary session and follows directives from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune after wildfires swept across parts of the country in August, causing human and property losses.
死刑将适用于被判犯有故意点燃森林和原野罪，以及作为叛国、间谍活动或有组织犯罪的一部分、代表外国势力故意破坏公共或私有财产罪行的人。
The death penalty would apply to those convicted of deliberately setting fire to forests and fields, as well as the deliberate destruction of public or private property on behalf of foreign parties as part of treason, espionage or organized crime.
根据该法案，死刑还适用于任何试图破坏公共安全和秩序、国家统一或经济与环境稳定的人。
The penalty would also apply to anyone attempting to undermine public security and order, national unity, or economic and environmental stability, according to the bill.
新批准的条款之一是对以任何手段拐卖儿童的人引入死刑，当犯罪涉及酷刑、性侵犯或虐待时，将面临更严厉的惩罚。
One of the newly approved provisions introduces the death penalty for those who kidnap children by any means, with harsher penalties when the crime involves torture, sexual assault or abuse.
*该法案还规定，因纵火或袭击儿童相关罪行而被定罪的个人，将不得享受刑法规定的减刑情节。
The bill also stipulates that individuals convicted of offenses related to arson or attacks against children would not be eligible for mitigating circumstances provided for under the penal code.
该法案在经议会上院（民族委员会）四分之三多数成员批准，并经总统颁布并在官方公报上发表后将正式生效。
The legislation will take effect after approval by the Council of the Nation, the upper house of parliament, by a three-quarters majority of its members, followed by promulgation by the president and publication in the official gazette.
尽管自1993年以来已暂停执行死刑，但死刑仍然是阿尔及利亚针对多项罪行的刑事立法的一部分。
The death penalty remains part of Algeria’s criminal legislation for a number of offenses, although executions have been suspended since 1993.
8月27日至30日期间，几个东部省份爆发了重大山火，造成重大人员伤亡和财产损失，特别是吉杰勒省，目前该省继续接受援助和救灾物资。内政部长赛义德·萨尤德当时表示，山火已造成12人死亡。
Between Aug. 27 and 30, major wildfires broke out in several eastern provinces, causing significant human and property losses, particularly in Jijel province, which continues to receive aid and relief convoys. Interior Minister Said Sayoud said at the time that 12 people had died in the wildfires.