Juvenile Offenders.
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children and persons
8 Edw. 7,
Where a person apparently under the age of sixteen years is apprehended, with or without warrant, and cannot be brought forthwith before a juvenile court, an inspector of police, or other police officer of equal or superior rank, or the officer in charge of the police station to which such person is brought, shall inquire into the case, and may in any case, and—
(a) unless the charge is one of homicide or other grave crime; or
(b) unless it is necessary in the interest of such person to remove him from association with any undesirable person; or
(c) unless the officer has reason to believe that the release of such person would defeat the ends of justice,
shall release such person on a recognizance, with or without securities, for such amount as will, in the opinion of the officer, secure the attendance of such person upon the hearing of the charge, such recognizance being entered into by him or by his parent or guardian or other responsible person.
5.
children and persons not released on arrest.
Where a person apparently under the age of sixteen years having been apprehended is not so released as aforesaid, the officer in charge of the police station to which such person is brought shall cause him to be detained in a place of detention provided under this Ordinance until he can be brought before a juvenile court unless the officer certifies--
(a) that it is impracticable to do so; or
(b) that he is of so unruly or depraved a character that he cannot be safely so detained; or
(c) that by reason of his state of health or of his mental or bodily condition it is inadvisable so to detain him;
and the certificate shall be produced to the court before which the person is brought.
6.
bail after association during detention in police stations.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Police to make arrangements for preventing, so far as practicable, a child or young person while being detained, from associating with an adult, other than a relative, charged with an offence.
8 Edw. 7, c. 67, s. 96.