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[23 GEO. 5.]

Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.

[CH. 12.]

exercise care and guardianship or not exercising A.D. 1933. proper care and guardianship, is either falling into bad associations, or exposed to moral danger, or beyond control; or

(b) a child or young person who—

(i) being a person in respect of whom any of the offences mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act has been committed; or

(ii) being a member of the same house- hold as a child or young person in respect of whom such an offence has been committed; or

(iii) being a member of the same house- hold as a person who has been convicted of such an offence in respect of a child or young person; or

PART III.

-cont.

(iv) being a female member of a household whereof a member has committed an offence under the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908, 8 Edw. 7. in respect of another female member of that c. 45. household;

requires care or protection; or

(c) a child in respect of whom an offence has been committed under section ten of this Act (which relates to the punishment of vagrants preventing children from receiving education).

(2) For the purposes of this section, the fact that a child or young person is found destitute, or is found wandering without any settled place of abode and without visible means of subsistence, or is found begging or receiving alms (whether or not there is any pretence of singing, playing, performing or offering anything for sale), or is found loitering for the purpose of so begging or receiving alms, shall (without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection) be evidence that he is exposed to moral danger.

62. (1) If a juvenile court is satisfied that any Powers of person brought before the court under this section by a juvenile local authority, constable, or authorised person, is a courts in child or young person in need of care or protection, the respect of court may either-

(a) order him to be sent to an approved school; or

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children and

young per- sons in need