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Section 150: When Children are Tried in High Court

150.Children before High Court

(1)A child shall be tried before the High Court for an offence with which the child is jointly charged with a person over eighteen years of age and for which only the High Court has jurisdiction.

(2)Where a child is tried jointly with an adult before the High Court, the High Court shall make an appropriate order, in accordance with this Act.

(3)In any proceedings before the High Court in which a child is involved, the High Court shall have due regard to the age of the child and to the provisions of the law relating to the procedure of trials involving children.

(4)A child shall not be sentenced to death.

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A child who is jointly charged with an adult for a serious offence that only the High Court can handle must be tried in the High Court. The High Court...

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