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Liability of parent to prosecution in certain cases.
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Appointment and duties of Advisory Committee.
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No. 11 of 1901.
REFORMATORY SCHOOLS.
(1) knowingly assists or induces, directly or indirectly, a child who is detained in or living out on licence from a school or is being boarded out to escape from the school or from any person with whom he is living out on licence or is being boarded out; or
(2) knowingly harbours, conceals, or prevents from returning to a school, or to any person with whom he is living out on licence or is being boarded out, a child who has so escaped, or knowingly assists in so doing,
he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 200 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 months.
22. (1) The parent of any child who has been found under such circumstances or has committed such an offence as has rendered him, in the opinion of a Magistrate, liable to be dealt with under section 5 shall be liable to be prosecuted as for a criminal offence, and shall, if the Magistrate is satisfied that the child has rendered himself liable to be dealt with under the said section, either wholly or in part through the neglect of his parent, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, and, in default of payment, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding one month.
(2) In case of any loss or damage to any person resulting from such action of the child as may have rendered him liable to be dealt with under the said section, the Magistrate may further direct that the parent of the child shall pay in compensation for such loss or damage a sum not exceeding 50 dollars.
Supplementary Provisions.
23. (1) The Governor may appoint, with their consent, fit persons to constitute an Advisory Committee to the Superintendent for periods to be specified in such appointments.
(2) Members of the Advisory Committee shall, at frequent intervals, visit the schools and bring to the notice of the Superintendent anything which they consider deserving of comment, and shall generally assist the Superintendent with their advice on all matters connected with the schools.
(3) They shall also assist the Superintendent in finding suitable persons under whose charge to place those children whom it is
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911.
+ As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.