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[23 GEO. 5.]

Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.

[CH. 12.]

which he is remanded or until he is thence delivered in A.D. 1933. due course of law:

Provided that

(a) in the case of a young person it shall not be obligatory on the court so to commit him if the court certifies that he is of so unruly a character that he cannot safely be so com- mitted, or that he is of so depraved a character that he is not a fit person to be so detained; and

(b) nothing in this subsection shall affect any

power of a court of summary jurisdiction

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under section ten of the Criminal Justice 4 & 5 Geo. 5. Administration Act, 1914, to commit a person c. 58. who has attained the age of sixteen years to prison until the next assizes or quarter sessions with a view to his being sentenced to detention in a Borstal institution.

(2) A commitment under this section may be varied, or, in the case of a young person who proves to be of so unruly a character that he cannot safely be detained in such custody, or to be of so depraved a character that he is not a fit person to be so detained, revoked, by the court which made the order, or if application cannot conveniently be made to that court, by a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in the place where the court which made the order sat, and if it is revoked the young person may be committed to prison.

parent of

child or

young

34.-(1) Where a child or young person is charged Attendance with

any offence or is for any other reason brought before at court of a court, his parent or guardian may in any case, and shall if he can be found and resides within a reasonable dis- tance, be required to attend at the court before which the case is heard or determined during all the stages of the proceedings, unless the court is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require his attendance.

(2) Where a child or young person is arrested or taken to a place of safety, the constable by whom he is arrested or the officer of police in charge of the police station to which he is brought, or the person by whom he is taken to the place of safety, as the case may be, shall cause the parent or guardian of the child or young person, if he can be found, to be warned to attend at the court before which the child or young person will appear.

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person

charged with an offence, &c.