According to criminal law, police organizations consider persons under the age of 16 to be without sexual autonomy; they are not capable of intending to profit from fornication. According to the regulations of the Youth Welfare Law and the United Nations Rights of Children Convention, private institutions consider everyone under18 to be children, not yet fully mature.
警察機關根據刑法規定，認為十六歲以下的人無性自主能力，不得意圖得利與人奸宿；民間機關則根據少年福利法及聯合國兒童權利公約的規定，將十八歲以下者，全視為未成年的兒童。