Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsPunishment of persons below the age of sixteen years
| 11. Where a person, who in the opinion of the court is below the age of sixteen years, commits an offence under section 2, 3, 4 or 5 or who under section 10 attempts to commit or causes an offence to be committed, the court shall have the discretion to impose a punishment disregarding the minimum punishment set out for that offence. |