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> Article 32
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4. Criminal
responsibility
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| Article 32-The age of criminal responsibility | ||
| 32.1 | The Age of Criminal Responsibility | |
| A person who, before the commission of a crime, has attained the age of 12 years shall be subject to criminal responsibility. |
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| Prior to this age it is considered the prime reponsibility of the carer, guardian and/or parent of the child as to their code of conduct. | ||
| 32.2 | Complicit criminal responsibility for children charged with crimes under the age of 12 | |
| Where a crime is committed by a child under the age of 12, criminal reponsibility shall automatically fall upon the prime carer, guardian or parents of the child. | ||
| In such events, the minimum criminal charge against the carer, parent or guardian shall be the equivelent crime expressed in the context of negligence regardless of the intent of the child in committing the crime. | ||
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