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Reformatory Schools
[1988 Ed.
Power to order removal to addiction treatment centre
28A. (1) On an application being made on behalf of the Director of Social Welfare in respect of a youthful offender detained in a reformatory school, a court or magistrate may order that such youthful offender be removed from such school to an addiction treatment centre.
(2) Before an order is made under subsection (1) a court or a magistrate shall consider a report of the Commissioner of Correctional Services on the suitability of the youthful offender for cure and rehabilitation and on the availability of places at addiction treatment centres and on whether it is in the interest of the youthful offender and in the public interest that such youthful offender should undergo a period of cure and rehabilitation in an addiction treatment centre.
(3) An order under subsection (1) shall take effect as if it were a detention order made under section 4(1) of the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance (Cap. 244).
(4) For the purposes of this section, the definition of "youthful offender" in section 2 shall apply as if the words "under the age of 18 years" were substituted for the words "under the age of 16 years".
Escape of offender
(Added 90 of 1988 s. 4)
29. Any youthful offender detained in a reformatory school who escapes therefrom may, at any time before the expiration of his period of detention, be apprehended without warrant and brought back to the place in which he was detained there to complete his period of detention:
Provided that such youthful offender shall not be detained longer than until he attains the age of 18 years.
Prosecution of detained person committing offence
(Amended 30 of 1977 s. 8)
30. (1) Any youthful offender detained in a reformatory school who-
(a) during his period of detention commits any offence; or
(b) prior to being detained committed any offence, other than the offence for which he is detained,
shall be liable to be prosecuted on account of such offence.
(2) If found guilty and sentenced-
(a) to imprisonment or to detention in a detention centre or training centre, the order for the youthful offender's detention in the reformatory school shall be discharged;
(b) to any other punishment, including a suspended sentence, he shall be taken back to the reformatory school wherein he was detained or such other school as the Governor may direct, there to complete his period of detention:
Provided that such youthful offender shall not be detained longer than until he attains the age of 18 years.
(Replaced 30 of 1977 s. 12)