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Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.
[CH. 12.]
Provided that no such notification need be given to A.D. 1933. a local authority where the child or young person is charged or brought before the court by a local or poor law authority.
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For the purposes of this subsection the expression responsible person means, in a case where the child or young person is accused of an offence, the chief officer of police, and in any other case, the person bringing the child or young person before the court.
(2) A local authority who have received a notification under the last foregoing subsection, and a local or poor law authority who themselves charge any child or young person with any offence, or bring any child or young person before a juvenile court as being in need of care or protection shall, except in cases which appear to them to be of a trivial nature, make such investigations and render available to the court such information as to the home surroundings, school record, health, and character of the child or young person and, in proper cases, as to available approved schools, as appear to them to be likely to assist the court:
Provided that a local authority shall be under no obligation to make investigations as to the home surroundings of children or young persons in any petty sessional division in which by direction of the justices or probation committee arrangements have been made for such investigations to be made by a probation officer.
General Provisions as to Proceedings in Court.
PART III.
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children
36. No child (other than an infant in arms) shall Prohibition be permitted to be present in court during the trial of against any other person charged with an offence, or during being any proceedings preliminary thereto, except during such
present in time as his presence is required as a witness or other- court during wise for the purposes of justice; and any child present the trial of in court when under this section he is not to be permitted other per- to be so shall be ordered to be removed:
Provided that this section shall not apply to mes- sengers, clerks, and other persons required to attend at any court for purposes connected with their employment.
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