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Amendment of section 7.

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6. Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is amended

in subsection (2) by deleting "detained in a training

centre" in the first place where it occurs and

substituting the following

"in respect of whom a sentence of detention in a

training centre is in force".

Amendment of section 8.

7. Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended --

(a)

in subsection (1), by deleting "rules" and

substituting the following

"regulations"; and

(b) by deleting subsection (2).

Explanatory Memorandum

This Bill provides

(a) for the reduction of the minimum period of

detention of a person sentenced to be detained

in a training centre from nine months to six

months (clause 2);

(b) for the exclusion of a person remanded pending

trial from committal to custody in a training

centre if the Court certifies that the person

is unsuitable for detention in such custody

(clause 3);