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Children and Young Persons Act 1963

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Version Superseded: 01/10/1997

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Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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16 Offences committed by children.E+W

(1)Section 50 of the; principal Act shall be amended by substituting therein the word “ten” for the word “eight”.

(2)In any proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by a person of or over the age of twenty-one, any offence of which he was found guilty while under the age of fourteen shall be disregarded for the purposes of any evidence relating to his previous convictions; and he shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question relating to such an offence, notwithstanding that the question would otherwise be admissible under section 1 of the M1Criminal Evidence Act 1898.

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C1The text of ss. 16(1), 17(1)(2), 25(1), 31, 32, 34, 35(3), 36, 38(2), 43, 57(1), 64(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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