Amendment of section 7.
Ammendment of section 8.
Amendment of section 9.
shall be permitted to associate with an adult (not being a relative) who is charged with any offence other than an offence with which the child or young person is jointly charged.
(2) Any girl (being a child or young person) shall, while so detained, being conveyed or waiting. be under the care of a female.",
7. Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following—
*(1) A court on remanding or committing for trial a child or young person who is not released on bail shall commit him to custody--
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8.
(a) in the case of a child, in a place of detention:
(b)
in the case of a young person, in a place of deten- tion or a training centre established under the Training Centres Ordinance.".
Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting subsection (7) and substituting the follow-
ing-
*(7) Where---
(a) the child or young person admits the offence or the court is satisfied that it is proved; or
(b) the case of a child or young person is re-
mitted to the court under section 3F,
the child or young person shall be asked if he desires to say anything in extenuation or mitigation of the penalty or otherwise."; and
(b) by deleting subsections (10) and (11).
at court of parent of
child or young per-
9. Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following- "Attendance (1) Subject to subsection (1A), where a child or young person is charged with any offence or is brought before a court under the provisions of this or any other Ordinance, his parent or guardian shall. unless the court otherwise orders, attend before the court during all stages of the proceedings; and the court may compel the attendance of the parent or guardian as if he were required as a witness in the proceedings.
son charged
with an offence, etc. Tel. 1918, c. JA 4.34.1
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(LA) If it appears to a court to be necessary to do so in the interest of a child or young person, the court may require his parent or guardian to withdraw from the court.".
10. Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following-
"(4) No order shall be made under this section unless the parent or guardian has been given opportunity of being heard.".
11. Section II of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (2) by deleting "whether by probation, fine, corporal punishment, committal to a place of detention, reformatory or industrial school. or otherwise”.
12. Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Detention
in place of detention.
14. (1) Where a child or young person- (a) is found guilty of an offence punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment, or (b) would be liable if he were an adult to be imprisoned in default of payment of any fine, damages or costs,
and the court considers that no other method in which the case may be dealt with is suitable, the court may order that he be detained in a place of detention.
(2) A child or young person ordered to be detained in a place of detention shall be so detained for such period not exceeding six months from the date of such order as the Director of Social Welfare may determine :
Provided that the period of detention shall not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment to which the child or young person would have been lable, if he were an adult, for the offence of which he was found guilty or in default of payment of the fine, damages or costs, as the case may be.".
13. Section 15 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
by deleting paragraphs (d) and (e) and substituting the following
(a)
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"(d)
by dealing with the offender under para- graph (b) of section 96 of the Magistrates Ordinance:
Amendment of section 10.
Amendment of scclion 11.
Repeal and replacement of section 14.
Amendment of section 13.