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101. The principal national legal texts in force in regard
to education are as follows:
(b) Article 1 of the Compulsory Education Act No. 118
of 1976 stipulates that: "Education at the primary level
shall be free and compulsory for all children who have reached
the age of six years at the beginning of the academic year". |
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| Minimum age of employment |
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120. Articles 90 to 97 of the Labour Act No.
71 of 1987 regulate the employment of young persons, as can be
seen from the following:
(a) Article 90 prohibits the employment of
juveniles under 18 years of age in types of work that cause
contagious occupational diseases or exposure to hazardous
toxic substances, as well as work which, due to its nature or
the manner and circumstances in which it is performed, poses a
threat to the lives, morality or health of the persons engaged
therein, and work that is performed on board ship by stokers
and assistant stokers;
(b) Article 91 sets the minimum
age for the employment of children at 15
years for daytime work that is neither strenuous nor harmful.
It permits the employment of juveniles over 17
years of age in types of day, night and overtime work
other than those specified in article 90
above;
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| Minimum age for criminal responsibility |
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134. Under article 66 of the above-mentioned Code, a person
who, at the time of his commission of an offence, was over 17
but under 18 years of age is designated as a "juvenile". If he
was under 15 years of age he is designated as a "preadolescent" and, if he was over 15
but under 18 years of age, he is designated
as an "adolescent". In this way, articles 67 to 78 of the Code
prescribe penalties for juveniles, preadolescents and adolescents, in the event
of their commission of a contravention
or an offence, in a manner appropriate to their
age and the stage of their mental
development. |
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