REFORMATORY SCHOOLS.
No. 11 of 1901.
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(1) the child, on attaining the age of 16 years, shall be entitled to be discharged from the school, and may, if the Governor so orders, be discharged from the school at any previous time;
(2) it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to apply for the discharge of a child detained in a school, or to grant him a licence to live out of such school, at the earliest lawful date which is, in the opinion of the Superintendent, consistent with the welfare of the child;
(3) where a child is discharged from a school in pursuance of this Ordinance, he may be so discharged either absolutely or conditionally, that is to say, on such conditions as to the disposal of the child on his discharge, and as to his conduct thereafter and otherwise, as the Governor may, by general or special order, direct;
(4) where a child has been conditionally discharged from a school in pursuance of this Ordinance and fails to conform to any one or more of the conditions on which he was discharged, the Governor may, on being satisfied of the failure, revoke the order of discharge and order the child to return to the school and there remain for any period specified in the order (so, however, that he be not detained in the school after attaining the age of 18 years), and, if the child disobeys the order, he may be dealt with as if he had escaped from the school; and
(5) on the revocation of an order of discharge, any obligation to contribute to the expenses of the child shall revive and be in force during the period for which the child is detained.
Licences to Children to live out of School.
living out of school.
14. (1) The Superintendent may, at any time after a child has been detained in a school for 18 months, permit him, by licence, to live out of the school, with any trustworthy and respectable person named in the licence who is willing to receive and take charge of him.
(2) Any such licence shall be in force for a period specified in the licence, not exceeding 3 months, but may, at any time before the expiration of that period, be renewed for a further period not exceeding 3 months, to commence from the expiration of the previous period, and so from time to time until the child is discharged.
(3) The Superintendent may also at any time, by order in writing, revoke any such licence and order the child to return to the school in which he was detained previously to his being licensed.
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