Any sexual contact with children under 12 is always punishable. In exceptional cases the Justice Department will not prosecute, viz. if the child's interests go against prosecution. It is too early for the time being to know what policy the Justice Department will follow. The way age-limits have been reorganised in the new sex act reflects a changing tendency in society, and is the result of a general change in attitude in the population. The good suffer along with the bad'.
Children nowadays assume greater responsibility for their own development.
Good sex education and increased insight into human relationships will help them assess a particular situation and recognise sexual violence. For this reason the new act takes the child's own will into account from the age of twelve.