Chronological ages and their importance to law and forensic practice in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.authorGooneratne, Induwara
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-03T10:14:32Z
dc.date.available2024-12-03T10:14:32Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAge of a person is an important parameter in forensic practice both in the living and in the dead. This paper attempts to identify different chronological ages that are relevant to forensic contexts in our domestic law. As per the Sri Lankan law, ages eight, twelve, sixteen, fourteen, eighteen and twenty one are critically important when there is a dispute about the age or information regarding the age of a person in these age categories are missing.
dc.identifier.citationSri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law May 2017, Vol.8, No.1, P. 33 - 36
dc.identifier.issn2012-7081
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.lib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/20.500.14444/4410
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
dc.subjectChronological age
dc.subjectAge estimation
dc.subjectAge and law
dc.titleChronological ages and their importance to law and forensic practice in Sri Lanka
dc.typeArticle
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