Amendment of section 16.
Amendment of section 17.
Amendment of section 18.
(Cap. 233.)
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(e) if the offender is in need of care and protection, by dealing with him under sec- tion 34 of the Protection of Women and Juveniles Ordinance;":
(5) in paragraph (g) by inserting after “caned" the follow-
ing-
(Cap. 222.)
"in accordance with the Corporal Punishment Ordinance":
(c) in paragraph (k) by deleting "provided under this
Ordinance";
(d) in paragraph (1) by inserting after "imprisonment" the
following-
(Ckp. 280.)
"or to detention in a training centre established under the Training Centres Ordinance"; and
(e) by deleting paragraph (17) and substituting the follow-
ing
"(m) where the offender is a male person, by dealing with him under the provisions of the Detention Centres Ordinance 1972; (m) by dealing with the case in any other manner in which it may be legally dealt with ".
(12 of 1971.J
14. Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsections (1), (2) and (3) and substituting the follow-
ing-
"(1) The Governor may by order—
(a) appoint any place to be a place of detention for the
purposes of this Ordinance;
(5) declare that any place of detention shall be used only for such of the purposes for which places of detention are provided as may be specified in the order.**.
15. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsections (1) and (3), by deleting "provided under this Ordin- ance" wherever those words occur.
16. Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended (a) by deleting "Commissioner of Police" and substituting
the following-
"Government"; and
(6) by deleting "provided under this Ordinance".
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17. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 20 the following-
**Restriction
on reports of pro-
ceedings in juvenile courte and power of olher courts to prohibit cerlain reporu
kt. 29 Ora. 5.
c. 12, p. 49,1
Jef. 24 Geo. §. c. 12, k 30.1
Addition of new section 204.
20A. (1) Subject to subsection (2) no person shall-
(4) publish a written report or broadcast a report of any proceedings in a juvenile court
or on appeal from a juvenile court-
(i) revealing the name. address or school; or
(i) including any particulars calculated to lead to the identification.
of any child or young person concerned in the proceedings, either as being the person against or in respect of whom the proceed- ings are taken or as being a witness therein;
or
(b) publish in a written report any picture or broadcast any picture as being or including a picture of any child or young person so concerned in any such proceedings.
(2) The court may, if satisfied that it is in the interests of justice so to do, by order dispense with the requirements of subsection (1) to such extent as may be specified in the order.
(3) In any proceedings in any court, other than proceedings to which subsection (1) applies, the court may direct that, except in so far as the court may otherwise permit, no person shall publish any of the matters specified in subsection (1) in respect of the proceedings before it.
(4) If a report or picture is published or broad- cast in contravention of subsection (1) or of a direction of a court under subsection (3), the follow- ing persons-
(a) in the case of publication of a written report or picture as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, any proprietor, editor, publisher or distributor thereof; (b) in the case of a publication of a written report or picture otherwise than as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, the person who publishes or distributes it;
(c) in the case of a broadcast of a report or picture, any person who transmits or pro-