Age of criminal responsibility - national proceedings

Nigeria

Nigeria - Criminal Code 1916 (1990) EN

Part 1
Introductory
Interpretation: Application: General Principles

Chapter 5
Criminal Responsibility

30. A person under the age of seven years is not criminally responsible for any act or omission.

A person under the age of twelve years is not criminally responsible for an act or omission, unless it is proved that at the time of doing the act or making the omission he had capacity to know that he ought not to do the act or make the omission.

A male person under the age of twelve years is presumed to be incapable of having carnal knowledge.

Rome Statute

Article 26 Exclusion of jurisdiction over persons under eighteen

The Court shall have no jurisdiction over any person who was under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged commission of a crime.