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instance, Sections 16 and 25.
Section
If/16 applies, apparently Section
21 would apply also, but
I doubt whether it ought
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to do so. In this connection
I observe that Sections 8
(3) and 31 (1) use the
words "child" and "children",
possibly with the special
intention of including the
འ
youry persons
cases of children/dealt with
under Section 17 of Ordinance
No.1 of 1932. The fact remains,
however, that the definition
of "youthful offenders" already
and young persons children. Sections
includes such children.
9 and 13 use the word "persons".
It seems clear that these Sections
or young persons
cannot apply to children/dealt
with under Section 177 of Ordinance
No.1 of 1932, as the word "sentences"
would hardly be appropriate.
4.
It may be that the words
"detention"