Child cannot be held criminally responsible for infringement offence at 10 or 11 years of age
219 Child cannot be held criminally responsible for infringement offence at 10 or 11 years of age
A child cannot be held criminally responsible for any conduct that constitutes an infringement offence that is alleged to have occurred when the child was 10 or 11 years of age, irrespective of whether the conduct is alleged to have occurred before, on or after the commencement day.
An issuing officer must not serve an infringement notice on a child for an infringement offence allegedly committed by the child when the child was 10 or 11 years of age, irrespective of whether the infringement offence is alleged to have been committed before, on or after the commencement day.
S. 220 inserted by No. 32/2024 s. 834.
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