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No. 11 of 1901.
Report as to detention or boarding out
REFORMATORY SCHOOLS.
him, and, so far as possible, all evidence tendered respecting the surroundings and antecedents of the child, shall be given upon oath.
9. Whenever a Magistrate orders a child to be detained in a school or placed in charge of the Superintendent for the purpose of being boarded out, he shall report the fact to the Governor, and shall also state whether any criminal proceedings have been directed to be taken against the parent under section 22.
Inquiry and presumption as to age of child.
Conveyance of child to school and detention therein
Provision as to religious assistance.
Period of detention and discharge from school.
10. A Magistrate shall, before making any order under this Ordinance with respect to a child, make due inquiry as to the age of the child, and for that purpose take such evidence as may be forthcoming at the hearing of the case, and, failing such evidence, the Magistrate may presume the child to be of such age as the child appears to the Magistrate to be; but the order, when made, shall not be invalidated by any subsequent proof that the age of the child had not been correctly ascertained or presumed by the Magistrate; and the age presumed or declared by the Magistrate to be the age of the child shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be the true age of the child.
11.—(1) Where a Magistrate makes an order for the detention of a child in a school, the Magistrate shall specify in the order the cause for which and the school in which the child is to be detained; and the child shall be delivered, with the order, into the custody of the master or other person in charge of the school.
(2) The order shall be a sufficient authority for the conveyance of the child to the school and for his detention therein or in any other place to which he is transferred in pursuance of this Ordinance, during the period for which he is liable to be detained.
12. A minister of the religious persuasion specified in the order as that to which the child appears to belong may visit the child at the school on such days, at such times, and on such conditions as may be fixed by the Governor, for the purpose of affording religious assistance to the child, and also for the purpose of instructing him in the principles of his religion; and every child detained in a school shall have reasonable facilities, so far as circumstances admit, for attending the religious services of his creed.
13. When a child is ordered to be detained in a school the order shall be in force until the child attains the age of 18 years: Provided as follows:-