Who, as per section 2(13) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, is a…

Section 2(13) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (formerly section 2(l) of the 2000 Act) defines a “child in conflict with law” as a child who is alleged or found to have committed an offence and who has not completed eighteen years of age on the date of commission of such offence. The offence date, rather than the later arrest or trial date, determines the age criterion. The other choices use incorrect twelve-, sixteen- or fourteen-year thresholds; the preliminary assessment of certain alleged heinous offences by children aged sixteen to eighteen does not reduce the definition's age threshold.