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(3) Service of such notice may be effected by handing a copy thereof to any adult person engaged in the building works and by affixing a copy of such notice to such building, or by any other method which the competent authority shall deem to be sufficient.

(4) The owner of the building and the owner of the land upon which the building is being erected or has been erected shall furnish to the competent authority within forty- eight hours of the service of the notice such proof as is referred to in sub-regulation (1).

(s) If no proof has been furnished to the competent authority within forty-eight hours from the service of the notice or if the competent authority is not satisfied from the examination of such proof as has been furnished to him that the building is not an unlawful structure the building shall thereupon be deemed to be an unlawful structure and, nut- withstanding the provisions of regulations 5 and 6, the competent authority may thereupon enter upon the land and in respect of the building exercise thereon the powers provided by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 5."

JUVENILE OFFENDERS ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 226).

REMAND HOME RULES, 1953.

In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (3) of section

20 of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance, the Governor has made the following rules-

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1. These rules may be cited as the Remand Home Rules, Citation 1955, and shall apply to such Remand Homes as the Governor application. may direct.

(Cap. 226).

2. In these rules, save where the context otherwise requires- Inter

pretation. "Remand Home" means a place of detention appointed under

section 19 of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance; "juvenile" means a person who is, in the opinion of the court having cognizance of any case in relation to such person, under the age of sixteen years.

3. (1) A Remand Home shall be administered by a Super Administra intendent approved by the Social Welfare Officer.

tion of Remand Home.

Council CHAMBER,

Clerk of Councils.

6th September, 1955.

Explanatory Note.

The Competent Authority sometimes has difficulty in establishing quickly whether or not a new structure is illegal. This difficulty arises particularly in relation to private agricultural land. The purpose of these regulations is to enable the Competent Authority, when such circumstances arise, to place on the owner or builder the onus of proving that the structure is not unlawful.

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(2) The Superintendent shall keep a daily register in which shall be recorded all admissions and discharges, all events of importance and all punishment given under paragraph (2) of rule 12.

4. On admission to a Remand Home every juvenile shall Procedure be bathed, weighed and photographed.

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admission.

5. Separate beds shall be provided for each juvenile, and Sleeping the sleeping accommodation for boys shall be separate from that accommoda- for girls.

tion.

6. Juveniles shall wear their own clothing:

Clothing.

Provided that where the Superintendent considers it desirable on sanitary or other grounds, suitable clothing and shoes may be supplied.

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