BOOK FIRST PENAL LAWS
PART I
OF PUNISHMENTS AND GENERAL RULES FOR THEIR APPLICATION, OF THE WILL AND AGE OF
THE OFFENDER, OF ATTEMPTED OFFENCE, OF ACCOMPLICES AND OF RECIDIVISTS
TITLE II
OF THE WILL AND AGE OF THE OFFENDER
40. The following rules shall be observed in the case of deaf-mutes who have acted with a mischievous discretion:
(a) if at the time of the offence they have attained the age of fourteen but not the age of eighteen years, the provisions contained in articles 36 and 37 shall apply;
(b) if at the time of the offence they have attained the age of eighteen years -
(i) in the case of a crime liable to the punishment of imprisonment for life, they shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years;
(ii) in the case of any other crime, they shall be liable to the punishment established by law diminished by one-third;
(iii) in the case of contraventions, they shall be liable to the punishments established for
contraventions.
Individual criminal responsibility
Age of criminal responsibility - national proceedings
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