According to Article 17 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), a person who has reached the age of 16 commits a crime and shall bear criminal responsibility. A person who has reached the age of 14 but under the age of 16 commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion and poisoning, and shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person who has reached the age of 14 and is under the age of 18 commits a crime, he shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.
If a person is not given criminal punishment because he is under the age of sixteen, his parents or guardians shall be ordered to discipline him; When necessary, it can also be taken in for reeducation by the government.
Article 17 If a person who has reached the age of 75 intentionally commits a crime, he may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment; Whoever commits a crime negligently shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.
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Article 13 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) endangers national sovereignty, territorial integrity and security, splits the country, subverts the regime of the people's democratic dictatorship, overturns the socialist system, disrupts social and economic order, and infringes on state-owned property or property collectively owned by working people;
Infringement of citizens' private property, infringement of citizens' personal rights, democratic rights and other rights, and other acts that endanger society should be punished according to law, all of which are crimes, but if the circumstances are obviously minor and the harm is not great, they are not considered crimes.
Ganzhou Municipal Government-Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and China