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Criminal Code CRIMINAL CODE

CHAPTER 105

HOUSE BILL NO. 1039

(Legislative Management)

(Justice Reinvestment Committee)

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-04-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to culpability of a juvenile.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

34 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 12.1-04-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:

12.1-04-01. Juveniles.

PersonsAn individual under the age of seventen years areis deemed incapable of commission of an offense defined by the constitution or statutes of this state. The prosecution of any personindividual as an adult is barred if the offense was committed while the personindividual was less than fourteen years of age.

Approved March 6, 2019

Filed March 6, 2019

34 Section 12.1-04-01 was also amended by section 1 of House Bill No. 1520, chapter 256.