{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1963/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1963/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1963/37",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Young Persons Act 1963",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1963",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Offences committed by children.",
  "text": "(1) Section 50 of the; principal Act shall be amended by substituting therein the word “ten” for the word “eight”.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16(2)(3) repealed (15.12.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 108(1), 336(3)(4), Sch. 37 Pt. 5 (with s. 141); S.I. 2004/3033, art. 3(1)(2)(a)(e)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 16(1), 17(1)(2), 25(1), 31, 32, 34, 35(3), 36, 38(2), 43, 57(1), 64(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/37/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:00:23.676937+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}