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'Age of criminal responsibility - national proceedings' in document 'Germany - Criminal Code'

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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute
Analysis

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER TWO
THE OFFENCE

FIRST TITLE
FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Section 19
Lack of criminal capacity of children

Persons who have not attained the age of fourteen at the time of the commission of the offence shall be deemed to act without guilt.

ANALYSIS

This provision is wider than the ICC Statute.

German criminal law (StGB Section 19) excludes criminal responsibility for those under the age of 14, as opposed to those under the age of 18 under the Rome Statute.