'Age of criminal responsibility' in document 'Moldova - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Chapter VI
EXEMPTION FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Article 54. Exemption from Criminal Liability of Juveniles

(1) A person under the age of 18 who commits for the first time a minor or a less serious crime may be exempted from criminal liability according to the provisions of criminal procedure law provided that it was stated that the juvenile's rehabilitation is possible without assigning criminal liability.

(2) According to par. (1), mandatory educational measures set forth in art. 104 may be required of persons exempted from criminal liability.

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.