Practice question
A fourteen-year-old causes property damage and is exempt from criminal liability by age. His counsel argues that the exemption necessarily extinguishes the victim’s civil claim. Assess the argument under current juvenile law without assuming automatic parental liability.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code, Article 101, civil consequences of specified exempting and justifying circumstances.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9344_2006.html — section 6, current minimum age and preservation of civil liability.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10630_2013.html — section 3, amending RA 9344 section 6, current age exemption and express preservation of civil liability.
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