Age of criminal responsibility - national proceedings

Timor-Leste

Código Penal de Timor-Leste

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE II
ON CRIME

CHAPTER I
GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS

Article 20. Exemption from criminal liability by reason of age

1. Minors under 16 are exempt from criminal liability.

2. For persons over 16 years of age and less than 21, the law shall determine specific provisions concerning application and execution of criminal penalties in any and all cases not provided for in specific legislation.

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.