1. The Penal Code: The age of criminal responsibility in Bangladesh is above nine (previously seven) years of age (S-82).
2. Contract Act, 1872: Below the age of 18 years old one should be treated as minor or Child.
3. The Employment of Children Act, 1938: Below the age of 15 years old one should be considered as child.
4. The Vagrancy Act, 1943: One should be considered as child till the age of 14 years old.
5. The Children Act, 2013 regarding on age of child has stated, “A child is defined in section 4 and includes anyone up to the age of 18 years”
6. Convention on the Right of the Child (CRC): Below the age of 18 years old one should be treated as child (Article- 1). Article 1 provides: “A child means every human being below the age of eighteen, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier”