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115. Education for ages 5 to 15 is free and compulsory and free for ages 15 to 18.
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| Minimum age of employment |
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106. […] the Children and Young Persons Employment Law prohibits:
(a) The employment of children under the age of 15 in any occupation;
(b) The employment of children under the age of 16 in any industrial occupation, but allows children between the age of 15 and 16 to be engaged as apprentices for the purpose of learning a trade or calling to any person who holds a special license issued by the Minister of Labour and Social Insurance. (see section 3 of the Children and Young Persons Employment Law, Cap. 175 as amended by Law No. 21 (1) of 2000);
(c) The employment of persons under the age of 18 underground or in a mine.
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| Minimum age for criminal responsibility |
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11. As far as these recommendations are concerned there has been further development regarding the age of criminal responsibility, which has been raised from the age of 7 to the age of 10. There is no criminal responsibility up to the age of 10. There is criminal responsibility between the ages of 10 and 12 if it is proved that during the act or omission, the child had the capacity to know that he ought to have avoided the act or omission ((Amendment) Law No. 15 (1)/1999).
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