| School-leaving age |
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189. The Constitution provides as follows:
"Art. 68: The State shall provide all
citizens with primary and secondary education in State schools
free of charge. Citizens shall receive education for at least
9 years."
190. State Council Decree-Law No.30 dated 20
November 1986 relating to general education provides as
follows:
"Chapter 2, art. 3: Primary education establishments shall accept children from
the age of 6 and shall encourage them to complete
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| Minimum age of employment |
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24. Article 173 of the Labour Act
provides that children of either sex below the age of 16
may not be
employed as wage
or salary earners, supervisors or apprentices in any
enterprise. Article 177 specifies that parental consent is required for the
employment of children below the age of
18.
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| Minimum age for marriage |
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23. Article 2
of the Marriage and Family Act strictly prohibits early marriage. Article 5
of the same Act sets the minimum marriageable age as
18 for girls and 20 for boys.
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| Minimum age for criminal responsibility |
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25. While the minimum age of criminal responsibility is not
specified, the provisions relating to the judicial system, criminal law and criminal procedure in force
during the transitional period, which are still valid inasmuch as
they do not run contrary to the
Constitution and have not been replaced by new provisions
(hereinafter
referred to as the "Transitional Criminal Law"), provide in their article
14 that minors aged below 12 years may not be
held in pre-trial detention. Minors aged
between 13 and 18 may not be held in
pre-trial detention for longer than one month.
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