You+and+the+Law

1. // Shelly's mobile phone was her absolute pride and joy. She has been very upset since it was lost or stolen at a party on Friday night. She has only had the mobile since her 15th birthday in July. Her parents signed her up for a 24 month contract. The company has refused to cancel the contract and expects Shelly (or her parents) to pay-out the remainder of the contract. Can she avoid paying? ////**no she**// //**can't, because if you canceling the account, you will still need to pay mounthly charges**//
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2. //Zeeta is only 16 years old but looks much older. She desperately wants a tatoo of her boyfriend's face on her shoulder even though her parents' disapprove.// //**In Victoria, you can get a tattoo at 18. If you are under 18 the tattooist commits a criminal offence if he/she tattoos you (unless the tattoo is for medical purposes)**//

// Is it different if she gets her parents permission first before having a tattoo of her boyfriend’s face on her shoulder? // but she needs to check the tattoo place first, that it is safe. She might get serios sick from it//**
 * //if she is under 18 age she needs to get writing permision of her parents or guardens.

3. // Roberto's Uncle Sal gave him $20 and sent him to the corner shop to buy a packet of cigarettes. Roberto is only 11 years old and because the shopkeeper knows him and his uncle well he sells him the cigarettes. A policeman greets Roberto as he leaves the store holding the cigarettes.
 * The shop keeper because he sold the cigarettes to the underaged boy and he knew his age.** //
 * //It doesn't matter who sent him, he is buying the cigarettes. The shop keeper have to see his passport or card that prooves he is over 18. The person who sent the teen under 18, that person may have penalty $2000.//**

4. // Shamlina and her parents fled from the Taliban in Afganistan and have now settled in Australia as refugees. In Afganistan more than 50 percent of young girls are married before they are 16 years old. This is the custom and Shamlina's parents have promised her in marriage to her 38 year old second cousin even though she is only 10 years old. Plans are being made for Shamlina to marry him on her 11th Birthday. // // Will this marriage be recognised in Australia? // //**This will not recognised in australia, whereever she is other country. In australia people can't marry under 18 age, but they can marry with two parents permision, when the they 16-17 age.**//

5. // Francis Henry Wallace Bertrand Godfrey Jones Jnr has just finished Year 10. He has never liked his long name and wants to change it simply to Jason Jones. Can he do this and what is required? // //**he can change his name by both parents applying to victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages. **//