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From CRC/C/70/Add.15 of 12 February 2003
56. […] the age of completion of compulsory schooling is 14 years. […]
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| Minimum age of employment |
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From CRC/C/70/Add.15 of 12 February 2003
56. The minimum age of employment is 12 years and the age of completion of compulsory schooling is 14 years. Specific proposals to correct this anomaly are included in the legislative review which is now in progress.
282. Section 72 of the Juveniles Act, which is currently in force, provides that:
No juvenile shall be employed:
(a) if under the age of 15 years, in any industrial undertaking; or in or upon any ship, other than a ship where only members of his family are employed; or
(b) if under the age of 16 years in any night work.
284. These provisions are intended to protect the child from any work that is likely to be harmful to his or her health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
From CRC/C/8/Add.12 of 17 March 1994
20. The legal age at which a child may undertake part-time or full-time employment is not clearly defined. Section 71 (1) of the Juveniles Act provides that no child under the age of 12 years shall be employed. […]
21. To summarize these provisions:
(a) The minimum age for the employment of a child is 12 years;
(b) The minimum age for the employment of a juvenile in any industrial undertaking or on a ship is 15 years;
(c) The minimum age for the employment of a juvenile in night work or hazardous employment (e.g. feeding of a mill) is 16 years;
(d) The law is silent as to whether all such employment should be part-time or full-time.
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| Minimum age for marriage |
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From CRC/C/8/Add.12 of 17 March 1994
23. A person may enter into a marriage legally at 16 years of age with the consent of a parent or guardian except in the case of a widow or widower or at 18 years of age without the consent of any other person. Section 3 (2) of the Marriage Act states that:
"A marriage solemnized between persons either of whom is under the age of 16 years is null and void."
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| Minimum age for criminal responsibility |
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From CRC/C/70/Add.15 of 12 February 2003
255. […] Children are presumed not to have the capacity to infringe the penal law before the age of 12 years, which is described as the age of criminal responsibility.
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