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LKA-2018-L-106608
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Title_of_text
Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, No. 11 of 2018.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Sri Lanka
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2018-05-21
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Act inserts a new section 122A in the Code in order to ascertain the degree of maturity and responsibility for a criminal act committed by a child over the age of 12 years old and under 14 years old. This amendment was adopted in order to enforce the amendment to section 76 of the Penal Code which increases the age of responsibillity for criminal acts.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1979 (LKA-1979-L-94267)
Code Of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka
URL
http://www.documents.gov.lk/en/acts.php
File
lka106608.pdf (PDF of Act)