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[23 GEO. 5.]
Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.
[CH. 12.]
PART I. -cont.
(5) If it is proved that a person convicted under this A.D. 1933. section was directly or indirectly interested in any sum of money accruing or payable in the event of the death of the child or young person, and had knowledge that that sum of money was accruing or becoming payable, then-
(a) in the case of a conviction on indictment, the maximum amount of the fine which may be imposed under this section shall be two hundred pounds, and the court shall have power, in lieu of awarding any other penalty under this section, to sentence the person convicted to penal servitude for any term not exceeding five years; and
(b) in the case of a summary conviction, the court in determining the sentence to be awarded shall take into consideration the fact that the person was so interested and had such knowledge. (6) For the purposes of the last foregoing sub- section:-
(a) a person shall be deemed to be directly or in- directly interested in a sum of money if he has any share in or any benefit from the payment of that money, notwithstanding that he may not be a person to whom it is legally payable; and
(b) a copy of a policy of insurance, certified to be a true copy by an officer or agent of the insur- ance company granting the policy, shall be evidence that the child or young person therein stated to be insured has in fact been so insured, and that the person in whose favour the policy has been granted is the person to whom the money thereby insured is legally payable. (7) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the right of any parent, teacher, or other person having the lawful control or charge of a child or young person to administer punishment to him.
2.—(1) If any person having the custody, charge, Causing or or care of a girl under the age of sixteen years causes or encouraging encourages the seduction, unlawful carnal knowledge, or prostitution of, or the commission of an indecent of girl under assault upon, her, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour sixteen.
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seduction or prostitution