WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 137 ́
PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES (AMENDMENT) BILL PASSED
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THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1978, WHICH AIMS TO EXTEND THE STATUTCRY PROTECTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18, WAS PASSED INTO LAW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BILL, THE HON. MRS. KWAN KO STU-WAH SAID SHE WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ACCEPTED HER SUGGESTIONS ON THE BILL.
THESE INCLUDE THAT THE POLICE SHOULD BE GIVEN AUTHORITY TO TAKE YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18 INSTEAD OF 16 PROVIDED THEY ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION TO A PLACE OF REFUGE- AND THE AUTHORITY SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO DEAL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 16 WHO ARE LIKELY TO LE EXPOSED TO ANY MORAL OR PHYSICAL DANGER.
SHE SAID THESE SUGGESTIO:S SHOULD MAKE THE FOLLOWING POSSIBLE:
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A COURT AND À SUPERVISION ORDER COULD BE MADE UNDER THE AMENDED LEGISLATION PLACING A CHILD OR JUVENILE (A NEW DEFINITION WHICH MEANS A BOY OR A GIRL FROM 14 TO 18 YEARS OF AGE) WHO 13 IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION, UNDER SUPERV 1310=
AN ORDER COULD BE MADE FELATING TO THE CONTROL AND CUSTODY OF A CHILD OR JUVENILE WHO IS LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED TO ANY HORAL OR PHYSICAL DANGER AND TO AFFORD TEMPORARY PROTECTION TC THEN WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH CARE AND PROTECTION, AND-
ANY CHILD OR JUVENILE WHO IS IN NEED OF A REFUGE OR CARE AND PROTECTION COULD BE TAKEN TO A PLACE OF REFUGE UNDER THE AMENDED LEGISLATION.
SHE LATER MOVED THE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS AT COMMITTEE STAGE OF THE BILL TO GIVE EFFECT TO THESE SUGGESTIONS.
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