THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1886.
Commitment of Offenders to and their Status at a certified Reformatory School.
12. Whenever any offender who, in the judgement of the Court, or Magistrate before whom he is charged, is under the age of sixteen years, is convicted on criminal information or in a summary manner, of an offence punish- able with penal servitude or imprisonment, and is sentenced to be imprisoned for the term of ten days or a longer term, the Court, or Magistrate may in addition to his sentence or in lieu thereof, either at once or at the expiration of his period of imprisonment sentence him to be sent to a certi- fied Reformatory School, and to be there detained for a period of not less than two years and not more than five years.
(1.) Should there be at the time of sentence more than one certified Reformatory School, the particular School to which the offender is to be sent shall be named at the time of sentence or within seven days therefrom. (2.) In choosing a certified Reformatory School the Court or Magistrate shall endeavour to ascertain the previous education, position in life and training of the offender, and so far as is possible the selection shall be made of a School most in conformity with such circumstances.
(3.) Should there be only one certified Reformatory School, it shall be lawful for the Court or Magistrate to order that the said youthful offender be therein detained. If any objection be made thereto, by or on behalf of any parent, or guardian, or near relative, or any person or body of persons on the ground of the particular religious training which may be ex- pected in such Reformatory School, the Court or Magistrate shall report the matter to the Governor. (4.) If upon such Report being forwarded or on any application being made to the Governor at any time, on behalf of any youthful offender sentenced to be detained in a certified Reformatory School, any objection is made to the particular religious influ- ence likely to be used in such Reformatory School, and the party making such application is willing to make suitable provision for the care, main- tenance and education of such youthful offender under proper security, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council upon such terms as to him may seem advisable to set aside the sentence of the said Court or Magistrate and to direct that the custody of the said youthful offender be given to such person as he shall appoint, and any person taking such youthful offender from such custody, or knowingly assisting directly or indirectly such offender to escape from such custody, or knowingly harbouring or concealing or preventing from returning to such custody any youthful offender who has escaped therefrom, shall be liable to the penalties incurred under this Ordinance for the offences aforesaid.
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,
Offenders
under 16 years of age convicted and sentenced to Imprisonment
may be sen- tenced to be sent either at time of sen- tence on expir- ation of period of imprison- ment to certi- fied Reform- atory Schools. (29 & 30 V. c. [17, s. 14)
Discharge or removal by order of the Governor. (29 & 30 V. c. 117, B. 17.)
Placing offenders out on licence. (29 & 30 V. c. 117, s. 18.)
Duration of licence.
Revocation of licence.
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