'c. o.
C.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Parkinson.
Mr. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
"detention" and "deta ined"
are not applicable to the
or young persons
cases of children/dealt with
under Section 17 of Ordinance
No.1 of 1932 (and they are
certainly not desirable words
to apply to such cases), and
that the use of these words
would exclude the application
to such cases of most of the
Ordinance. I observe, how-
ever, that the word "detained"
is used in both Sections 8 (3)
and 31 (1) which, as already
suggested, appear to be
intended to apply to such
cases.
5.
I shall be glad if you
will consider in the light of
the above observations whether
it would not be desirable to
amend the Ordinance by
introducing two separate terms
one
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