Afghanistan

Penal Code

First Book
General Provisions

Section Three

CHAPTER ONE
Penal Responsibility and its Obstacles

Part Two
Obstacles to Penal Responsibility

First : Sensual Indisposition

3. Age

Article 70 :

Minor refers to a child between the ages of seven and thirteen years.

Article 71 :

Teenage refers to a person who has completed thirteen years of age and has not completed eighteen years of ago.

Article 72 :

Penal claim cannot be filed against a child who has not completed seven years of age.

Articlo 73 :

Determination of age takes place on the basis of citizenship document (Tazkora). The court can, in case of non-conformity of the appearance of minor with the age shown on the citizenship document, obtain the opinion of a medical mission.

Keywords

Age of criminal responsibility - national proceedings



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