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CAP 226 JUVENILE OFFENDERS ORDINANCE Section 3 Age of criminal responsibility
It shall be conclusively presumed that no child under the age of 10 years can be guilty of an offence.(Replaced 15 of 1973 s. 4. Amended 6 of 2003 s. 2)[cf. 1933 c. 12s. 50 U.K.]