Section 44: Minor under 14 acting without discernment
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44. Minor under 14 acting without discernment
Lorsque l’accusé aura moins Where an accused person is unde 14 ans, s’il est décidé qu’il a agi der the age of 14 and it is detersans discernement, il sera acquitté, mined that he acted without dismais il sera, selon les circonstances, cernment, he shall be acquitted, but
remis à ses parents, ou conduit dans shall, according to the circumstances
une maison de correction, pour y of his case, be handed over to his
être élevé et détenu pendant tel relations or placed in a reformatory
nombre d’années que le jugement to be brought up and detained during
déterminera, et qui toutefois ne such number of years as the senpourra excéder l’époque où il aura tence may determine, which period
accompli sa 18ème année. shall in no case exceed the period at
which the accused will have reached
the age of 18.
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- What happens if a child under 14 commits an offence without understanding what they did?