'Age of criminal responsibility' in document 'Bosnia - Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

PART THREE - SPECIAL PROCEDURES

CHAPTER XXVI - JUVENILE PROCEDURE

Section 1 – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 340 - Application of Other Provisions of This Code to Juvenile Procedure

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply in proceedings conducted against persons who were minors at the time when they committed a criminal offense and who had not reached the age of twenty-one (21) at the time proceedings were instituted or when those persons were tried. The other provisions of this Code shall apply to the extent that they do not conflict with the provisions of this Chapter.

The provisions set forth in Articles 342 through 344, Article 347 through 350, Article 355, Article 357, Article 359 and Article 366 of this Code shall apply in proceedings conducted against a young adult if, before the main trial commences, it is found that a developmental measure should properly be pronounced on that person in accordance with the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and by that date the person has not reached the age of twenty-one (21).

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.