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[CH. 12.]

Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.

[23 GEO. 5.]

A.D. 1933. he may be subject under the provisions of this Act, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

PART III.

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Extension of period of detention in approved schools.

Supervision and recall after ex- piration of order.

73. If the managers of an approved school are satisfied that a person whose period of detention therein is, under the foregoing provisions of this Act, about to expire needs further care or training and cannot without it be placed in suitable employment they may, if the Secretary of State consents, detain him for a further period not exceeding six months, so, however, that he is not detained beyond the date on which he will attain the age of nineteen years:

Provided that the powers conferred by this sec- tion shall not extend to a person who, having been a person undergoing detention in a Borstal Institution or sentenced to detention under subsection (2) of section fifty-three of this Act, is detained in an approved school by order of the Secretary of State.

74. (1) A person sent to an approved school shall after the expiration of the period of his detention be under the supervision of the managers of his school-

(a) if at the expiration of that period he has not attained the age of fifteen years, until he attains the age of eighteen years;

(b) if he has at the expiration of that period attained the age of fifteen years, for a period of three years or until he attains the age of twenty-one years, whichever may be the shorter period.

(2) The managers may, and, if the Secretary of State so directs, shall, by notice in writing recall to the school any person under their supervision who is at the date of the recall under the age of nineteen years:

Provided that a person shall not be so recalled, unless in the opinion of the managers, or, as the case may be, of the Secretary of State, it is necessary in his interests to recall him.

(3) A person who has been so recalled shall be released as soon as the managers think that he can properly be released, and in no case shall he be detained—

(a) after the expiration of a period of three months, or of such longer period not exceeding six

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