Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 7)

PART 1 S AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

1 Raising the age of criminal responsibility S

For section 41 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 substitute—

“41 Age of criminal responsibility

A child under the age of 12 years cannot commit an offence.”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 1 in force at 17.12.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/449, reg. 2