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Section 82 — Act of a child under 10 years of age

As in force on 1 July 2020.

Timeline 4 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 July 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  3. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  4. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 1 July 2020 by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
82.Act of a child under 710 years of age

Nothing is an offence which is done by a child under 710 years of age.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 82]