'Age of criminal responsibility - ICC proceedings' in document 'Portugal - Law 144/99'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part V
Supervision of conditionally sentenced or conditionally released offenders

CHAPTER I
General



Article 130
Optional refusal

Notwithstanding the general requirements provided for in this law, co-operation requested to Portugal may be refused if:

b) that decision is not compatible with the underlying principles of the Portuguese criminal law, notably if in view of the age of the person concerned, that person shall not have been subject to criminal proceedings in Portugal.

Part V
Supervision of conditionally sentenced or conditionally released offenders

CHAPTER I
General

Article 130
Optional refusal

Notwithstanding the general requirements provided for in this law, co-operation requested to Portugal may be refused if :

b) that decision is not compatible with the underlying principles of the Portuguese criminal law, notably if in view of the age of the person concerned, that person shall not have been subject to criminal proceedings in Portugal.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 26
Exclusion of jurisdiction over persons under eighteen
The Court shall have no jurisdiction over any person who was under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged commission of a crime.