In colonial legislation, the former decree of 30 November 1928 stipulated that minors under 16 years of age who had committed an offence could be acquitted or discharged on the grounds that they had acted without the capacity to form their own views.
Dans la législation coloniale, l'ancien décret du 30 novembre 1928 prévoyait que les mineurs de moins de 16 ans ayant commis une infraction pénale pouvaient être acquittés ou relaxés comme «ayant agi sans discernement».