103. Children in magistrate’s court. A child jointly charged with a person over eighteen years of age may be tried in a magistrate’s court. 104. Children in the High Court. (1) A child shall be tried in 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 in the High Court, the child shall be remitted to the family and children court for an appropriate order to be made if the offence is proved against the child. (3) In any proceedings before the High Court in which a child is involved, the High Court shall have due regard to the child’s age and to the provisions of the law relating to the procedure of trials involving children. 105. Appeals. An appeal shall lie in a case involving the trial of a child from— (a) a village executive committee court to a parish and subcounty executive committee court; (b) a subcounty executive committee court to a family and children court; (c) a family and children court to a chief magistrate’s court; (d) a chief magistrate’s court to the High Court; (e) the High Court to the Court of Appeal; (f) the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court. PART XI—MISCELLANEOUS. 106. Decriminalisation of certain offences in relation to children. The following provisions of the Penal Code Act shall cease to apply to children— (a) section 167(1)(b); and (b) section 168.

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