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Provision in case of offender failing to observe conditions of his recognizance, 7 Edw. 7. c. 17, s. 6.
15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86, s. 7 (4).
15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86, s. 7 (6).
Juvenile Offenders.
officer, and after notice to the offender, vary the conditions of the recognizance and may, on being satisfied that the conduct of that person has been such as to make it unnecessary that he should remain longer under supervision, discharge the recognizance.
(10) (a) If a court before which an offender is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, or any court, is satisfied by information on oath that the offender has failed to observe any of the conditions of his recognizance, it may issue a warrant for his apprehension, or may, if it thinks fit, instead of issuing a warrant in the first instance, issue a summons to the offender and his sureties (if any) requiring him or them to attend at such court and at such time as may be specified in the summons.
(b) The offender, when apprehended, shall, if not brought forthwith before the court before which he is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, be brought before a court.
(c) The court before which an offender on apprehension is brought, or before which he appears in pursuance of such summons as aforesaid, may, if it is not the court before which he is bound by recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, remand him to custody or on bail until he can be brought before the last-mentioned court, and the provisions of section 5 of this Ordinance shall apply to any such remand as aforesaid.
(d) A court before which a person is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence on being satisfied that he has failed to observe any condition of his recognizance, may forthwith, without any further proof of his guilt, deal with him as for the original offence, or instead of so doing and without prejudice to the continuance in force of the probation order, impose on him in respect of such failure a penalty of one hundred dollars.
(e) Where a person in respect of whom a probation order has been made is, in pursuance of the foregoing subsection dealt with as for his original offence and his recognizance is adjudged by the court to be forfeited, the court instead of adjudging
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