THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 29TH APRIL, 1886. 343
13. The Governor may at any time order any offender to be discharged from a certified Reformatory School, or to be removed from one certified Reformatory School to another, but so that the whole period of detention of the offender in a Reformatory School shall not be increased by such removal.
14. The Managers of a certified Reformatory School may, at any time after the expiration of eighteen months of the period of detention allotted to a youthful offender, by licence under their hands, permit him to live with any trustworthy and respectable person named in the licence willing to receive and take charge of him.
Any licence so granted shall not be in force for more than three months, but may at any time before the expira- tion of such three months be renewed for a further period not exceeding three months, to commence from the expira- tion of the previous period of three months, and so from time to time until the youthful offender's period of detention is expired.
Any such licence may also be revoked by the Managers of the School, by writing under their hands, at any time before the expiration of such period of three months, and there- upon the youthful offender to whom the licence related may be required by the Managers, by writing under their hands, to return to the School.
The time during which a youthful offender is absent from a certified Reformatory School in pursuance of a licence under this section shall, except where stich licence has been forfeited by his misconduct, be deemed to be part of the time of his detention in the School, and at the expiration of the time fixed by his licence he shall be taken back to School. Any youthful offender escaping from the person with whom he is placed in pursuance of this section, or refusing to return to the School at the expiration of the time fixed by his licence, or any renewal thereof, or when required to do so on the revocation of his licence, shall be liable to the same penalty as if he had escaped from the School itself.
15. The Managers of a certified Reformatory School may, at any time after an offender has been placed out on licence as aforesaid, if he conducted himself well during his absence from the School, bind him, with his own consent, apprentice to any trade, calling, or service, notwithstanding that his period of detention has not expired; and every such binding shall be valid and effectual to all intents.
Offences in relation to Reformatory Schools.
16. If any offender detained in a certified Reformatory School wilfully neglects or wilfully refuses to conform to the Rules thereof, he shall, upon summary conviction before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the place or district where the School is situate, be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months; and at the expiration of the term of his imprisonment he shall, by and at the expense of the Managers of the School, be brought back to the School from which he was taken, there to be detained during a period equal to so much of his period of detention as remained unexpired at the time of his being sent to prison.
17. If any offender sentenced to be detained in a certified Reformatory School escapes therefrom, he may at any time before the expiration of his period of detention, be appre- hended without warrant, and, if the Managers of the School think fit, but not otherwise, may (any other Ordi- nance to the contrary notwithstanding) be then brought. before Magistrate having jurisdiction in the place or dis- trict where he is found, or in the place or district where the School from which he escaped is situate; and he shall thereupon be liable, on summary conviction before such Magistrate, to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months; and at the ex- piration of such term he shall, by and at the expense of the Managers of the School, be brought back to the School from which he escaped, there to be detained during a period equal to so much of his period of detention as remained unexpired at the time of his escaping.
18 Every person who commits any of the following offences, that is to say:-
(1.) Knowingly assists directly or indirectly an offender detained in a certified Reformatory School to escape from the School;
(2.) Directly or indirectly induces such an offender to
escape from the School;
Discharge.or removal by order of
the Governor (29 & 30 V. c. 117, s. 17.)
Placing offendera out on licence. (29 & 30 V. c. 117, a. 18.)
Duration of licence.
Revocation of licence.
Power to apprentice offenders.
(29 & 30 V. c. 117, a. 19.)
Refusal to cons form to rules. (29 & 30 V. c. 117, s. 20.)
Escaping from School.
(29 & 30 V. c. 117, 8. 21.)
Penalty on persona assist- Ing or indu- cing offenders to escape from certified Reformatory Schools. Of harbouring offenders who have escaped. (29 & 30 V. c. 117, B. 22.