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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

1 General Part

CHAPTER II- CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

Article 12 Age for criminal responsibility

A person bears criminal responsibility if, at the time he or she commits an offence, he or she has reached the age of fourteen.

A person who commits a criminal contravention bears responsibility at the age of sixteen.

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.