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This chart shows when young people gain legal rights in BC. | This chart shows when young people gain legal rights in BC. | ||
::{| width="30%" class="wikitable" | ::{| width="30%" class="wikitable" | ||
!style="width: 25%" align=" | !style="width: 25%" align="cemter"|''Right/Responsibility'' | ||
!style="width: 5%" align="center"|''Age'' | !style="width: 5%" align="center"|''Age'' | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Be responsible for crimes ||align="center"|12 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=" | |align="left"|Be sentenced for crimes under adult law ||align="center"|14 | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Go to work ||align="center"|15 | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Leave school ||align="center"|16 | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Get married with permission of parent(s) ||align="center"|16 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=" | |align="left"|Get married ||align="center"|19 | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Get a driver's licence with permission of parent(s) ||align="center"|16 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=" | |align="left"|Get a driver's licence ||align="center"|19 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=" | |align="left"|Vote in a federal <span class="noglossary">election</span>||align="center"|18 | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Vote in a provincial <span class="noglossary">election</span>||align="center"|18 | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Drink alcohol ||align="center"|19 | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Leave home without permission of parent(s) ||align="center"|19 | ||
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|align=" | |align="left"|Buy cigarettes ||align="center"|19 | ||
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