CAP. 226]
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(Cap. 227.)
Restrictions on punishment of children and young persons. 8 Edw. 7, c. 67, s. 102.
8 Edw. 7, c. 67, s. 100, Abolition of death sentence in case of children or young persons. 8 Edw. 7, c. 67, s. 103.
Juvenile Offenders.
(3) Where a court thinks that a charge against a child or young person is proved, the court may make an order on the parent or guardian under this section for the payment of a fine, damages, or costs or requiring him to give security for good behaviour, without proceeding to the conviction of the child or young person.
(4) An order under this section may be made against a parent or guardian who, having been required to attend, has failed to do so, but, save as aforesaid, no such order shall be made without giving the parent or guardian an opportunity of being heard.
(5) Any sums imposed and ordered to be paid by a parent or guardian under this section or on forfeiture of any such security as aforesaid, may be recovered from him by distress or imprisonment in like manner as if the order had been made on the conviction of the parent or guardian of the offence with which the child or young person was charged.
(6) A parent or guardian may appeal against an order of a juvenile court under this section in manner prescribed by Part VI of the Magistrates Ordinance, the provisions of which Part shall apply to any such appeal.
12. (1) No child shall be sentenced to imprisonment or committed to prison in default of payment of a fine, damages, or costs.
(2) No young person shall be sentenced to imprisonment if he can be suitably dealt with in any other way whether by probation, fine, corporal punishment, committal to a place of detention, reformatory or industrial school, or otherwise.
(3) A young person sentenced to imprisonment shall not be allowed to associate with adult prisoners.
(4) The conviction of a child or young person shall not be regarded as a conviction of felony for the purposes of any disqualifications attaching to convictions of felony.
13. Sentence of death shall not be pronounced or recorded against a child or young person, but in lieu thereof the court shall sentence the child or young person to be detained during His Majesty's pleasure, and, if so sentenced,
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