Skip to content
Back to the text

Penal Code · s 83

Suggest a correction

Tell us what is wrong in this text. We check every suggestion against the official version before we change anything.

What is wrong?

The text as we hold it

Open the official text

s 83Act of child above 7 and under 12 of immature understanding

Nothing is an offence which is done by a child above the age of 7 years and under the age of 12 years, who has not attained sufficient maturity of understanding to judge the nature and consequences of his conduct on that occasion.