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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART ONE
GENERAL PART

CHAPTER FOUR
SPECIAL PROVISIONS ON THE PROSECUTION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS

Title One
Criminal Liability

Section 94
General Provisions

(1) A young offender shall mean a natural person who, at the time of commission of the criminal offence, is over fourteen and under eighteen years of age.

(2) Unless the present Chapter stipulates otherwise, the remaining provisions of this Act shall apply also to a young offender.

Section 95
Criminal Liability

(1) A young offender under fifteen years of age who, at the time of commission of the criminal offence, has not reached such a mental and moral state so as to be able to recognise its unlawfulness, or to exercise self-restraint, shall not be held criminally liable for committing this criminal offence.

(2) A minor offence that meets the elements out in this Act shall not be considered as a
criminal offence if it has been committed by a young offender, and if it is of lesser seriousness.