Provision of Places of detention.
8 Edw. VII, c. 67 s. 108.
Provisions, as
of children
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(e) by so discharging the offender and placing him
under the supervision of a probation officer; ör
(d) by committing the offender to the care of a
relative or other fit person; or
(e) by sending the offender to an industrial school if such a course shall be author.sed by law; or
(f) by sending the offender to a reformatory school;
or
(g) by ordering the offender if a boy to be whipped ; or
(h) by ordering the offender to pay a fine, damages,
or costs; OF
(i) by ordering the parent or guardian of the offender
to pay a fine, damages, or costs; or
(j) by ordering the parent or guardian of the offender
to give security for his good behavior; or
(k) by committing the offender to custody in a place
of detention provided under this Ordinance; or
(4) where the offender is a young person, by sentenc-
ing him to imprisonment; or
(m) by dealing with the case in any other manner in
which it may be legally dealt with.
Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising the court to deal with any case in any manner in which it could not deal with the case apart from this section.
19.--(1) Such place or places of detention as may be required for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be pro- vided or appointed by the Inspector General of Police,
(2) If more than one place of detention is provided or appointed the Inspector General of Police may determine that any such place shall be used for some only of the purposes for which places of detention are required to bə provided and another piace for the other purposes.
(3) It shall be lawful for the authority or persons responsible for the management of any institution other than a prison, whether supported out of public funds or by voluntary contributions, but subject in the case of an in-titution supported out of public funds to the consent of the Governor, to agree with the Inspector General of Police for the use of the institution or any part the eof as a place of detention on such terms as may be agreed upon between them and the Inspector General of Police.
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(4) In selecting the place of detention to which a child or young person is to be committed the court or officer of police shall have regard to whether the place is suitable for the reception of convicted or of unconvicted perso -8, or of persons charged with serious off nces or minor offences, as the case may be, and also, where practicable, to the religious persuasion of the child or young person.
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(5) A child or young person detained in a place of detention may be, by order of the Governor, either dis- charged therefrom or transferred to some other place of detention.
20,-(1) The order or judgment in pursuance of which to the custody a child or young person is committed to custody in a place of detention provided under this Ordinance shall be delivered with the child or young person to the person in charge of the place of detention and shall be sufficient authority for his detention, in that place in accordance with the tenor thereof.
and young persons in places of detention.
8 Edw. VII,
e. 67 s. 109.
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