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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

General Part

Chapter II
Criminal Offences

Section 11. Age at Which Criminal Liability Applies

A natural person may be held criminally liable who, on the day of the commission of a criminal offence, has attained fourteen years of age. An underaged person, that is, a person who has not attained fourteen years of age, may not be held criminally liable.

General Part

Chapter VII
Special Nature of Criminal Liability of Minors

Section 64. Liability of Minors

The provisions of this Chapter apply to persons who have not attained eighteen years of age as of the commission of the criminal offence.