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PART 3 N.I.SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN

Sexual offences against children under 16N.I.

Sexual offences against children committed by children or young personsN.I.

20.—(1) A person under 18 commits an offence if he does anything which would be an offence under any of Articles 16 to 19 if he were aged 18.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.