China's top legislature on Dec 26 voted to adopt a revision to the Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency. Amendment XI to the Criminal Law was also passed, lowering the minimum age at which a minor may be charged with a criminal offense to 12 under special circumstances and through special procedures. If a juvenile who has reached the age of 12, but is under 14, commits intentional homicide or inflicts an injury that leads to death, or causes severe injury to the person, reducing the person to utter disability by resorting to cruel means, he or she shall bear criminal responsibility upon attestation and approval of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP). Children aged 14-16 can be held criminally liable if they commit serious crimes such as murder, rape, and drug smuggling or trafficking.
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