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the persons bound thereby to pay the sums for which they are respectively bound may, as it thinks fit, adjudge those persons or any of them to pay part only of those sums or may in respect of all or any of those persons remit payment thereof.
(11) Where an order under this section is made by a court the order shall, for the purpose of re-vesting or restoring stolen property and of enabling the court to make orders as to the restitution or delivery of property to the owner and as to the payment of money upon or in connexion with such restitution or delivery, have the like effect of a conviction.
10. (1) Where a child or young person is charged with any offence or is brought before a court under the provisions of this or any other Ordinance the court may in its discretion require the attendance of his parent or guardian and make such orders as are necessary for the purpose.
(2) Where a child or young person is arrested, the police officer by whom he is arrested or the officer in charge of the police station to which he is brought shall, if the parent or guardian lives within a reasonable distance and can be found, cause him to be warned to attend at the court before which the child or young person will be brought.
11. (1) Where a child or young person is charged before any court with any offence for the commission of which a fine, damages or costs may be imposed, and the court is of opinion that the case would be best met by the imposition of a fine, damages, or costs, whether with or without any other punishment, the court may in any case, and shall if the offender is a child, order that the fine, damages, or costs awarded be paid by the parent or guardian of the child or young person instead of by the child or young person, unless the court is satisfied that the parent or guardian cannot be found or that he has not conduced to the commission of the offence by neglecting to exercise due care of the child or young person.
(2) Where a child or young person is charged with any offence, the court may order his parent or guardian to give security for his good behaviour.
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Attendance of parent of child or young person charged with an offence, etc. 8 Edw. 7. c. 67, s. 98.
Power to order parent to pay fine, etc. of child or young person instead. 8 Edw. 7, c. 67, s. 99.
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