ORDINANCE No. 14 of 1901.
Reformatory Schools.
...being brought out, the grounds of such proceedings shall be formulated and recorded in the Court and all evidence tendered respecting the circumstances under which such child was found, or respecting the charge brought against him, and, so far as possible, all evidence tendered respecting the surroundings and antecedents of such child, shall be given on oath.
9. Whenever a Magistrate orders a child to be detained in a school or placed in charge of the Superintendent for the purpose of being boarded out, he shall report the fact to the Governor and shall also state whether any criminal proceedings have been directed to be taken against the parent under section 22 of this Ordinance.
(J.S.B. clause 12 except for "and unlined" which is against parent. Enquiry and presumption as to age of child.)
10. A Magistrate shall, before making any order under this Ordinance with respect to a child, make due enquiry as to the age of the child, and for that purpose take such evidence as may be forthcoming at the hearing of the case, and, failing such evidence, the Magistrate may presume the child to be of such age as such child appears to the Magistrate to be; but the order, when made, shall not be invalidated by any subsequent proof that the age of the child had not been correctly ascertained or presumed by the Magistrate; and the age presumed or declared by the Magistrate to be the age of the child shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to be the true age of the child.
11.-(1) Where a Magistrate makes an order for the detention of a child in a school, the Magistrate shall specify in the order the cause for which and the school in which the child is to be detained; and the child shall be delivered, with the order, into the custody of the master or other person in charge of the school.
Conveyance of child to school and detention therein. (J.S.B. clause 13)
Provision as to religious Assistance. (J.S.B. clause 15)
(2) The order shall be a sufficient authority for the conveyance of the child to the school, and for his detention therein or in any other place to which he is transferred in pursuance of this Ordinance during the period for which he is liable to be detained.
12. A minister of the religious persuasion specified in the order as that to which the child appears to belong, may visit the child at the school on such days, at such times, and on such conditions, as may be fixed by the Governor, for the purpose of affording religious assistance to the child, and also for the purpose of instructing him in the principles of his religion; and every child detained in a school shall have reasonable facilities, so far as circumstances admit, for attending the religious services of his creed.
13. When a child is ordered to be detained in a school the order shall be in force until the child attains the age of eighteen years. Provided as follows:
(1) The child on attaining the age of sixteen years shall be entitled to be discharged from the school, and may, if the Governor so orders, be discharged from the school at any previous time.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to apply for the discharge of a child detained in a school or to grant him a licence to live out of such school at the earliest lawful date which is, in the opinion of the Superintendent, consistent with the welfare of the child.
(3) Where a child is discharged from a school in pursuance of this Ordinance, he may be so discharged either absolutely or conditionally, that is to say, on such conditions as to the disposal of the child on his discharge, and as to his conduct thereafter and otherwise, as the Governor may, by general or special order, direct.
(4) Where a child has been conditionally discharged from a school in pursuance of this Ordinance and fails to conform with any one or more of the conditions on which he was discharged, the Governor may, on being satisfied of the failure, revoke the order of discharge and order the child to return to the school and there remain for any period specified in the order (so however that he be not detained in the school after attaining the age of eighteen years) and if the child disobeys the order he may be dealt with as if he had escaped from the school.
(5) On the revocation of an order of discharge any obligation to contribute to the expenses of the child shall revive and be in force during the period for which the child is detained.
Licence to Children to live out of School.
14.-(1) The Superintendent may, at any time after a child has been detained in a school for eighteen months, permit him by licence to live out of the school, with any trustworthy and respectable person named in the licence, who is willing to receive and take charge of him.
(2) Any such licence shall be in force for a period specified in the licence not exceeding three months but may at any time before the expiration of that period be renewed for a further period not exceeding three months to commence from the expiration of the previous period and so from time to time until the child is discharged.
(3) The Superintendent may also, at any time, by order in writing, revoke any such licence and order the child to return to the school in which he was detained previously to his being licensed.
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