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A.D. 1933.

PART IV. -cont.

Escapes

from

approved schools, &c.

[CH. 12.]

Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.

[23 GEO. 5.]

82.-(1) Any person who has been ordered to be sent to an approved school and who-

(a) escapes from the school in which he is detained, or from any hospital, home or institution in which he is receiving medical attention; or (b) being absent from his school on temporary leave of absence or on licence, runs away from the person in whose charge he is, or fails to return to the school upon the expiration of his leave, or upon the revocation of his licence; or (c) being absent from his school under supervision, fails to return to the school upon being recalled, may be apprehended without warrant, and may (any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding) be brought before a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction where he is found, or where his school is situate; and that court may (notwithstanding any limitations con- tained in this Act upon the period during which he may be detained in an approved school) order him-

(i) if he is under the age of sixteen years, to be brought back and to have the period of his detention in the school increased by such period not exceeding six months as the court may direct; or

(ii) if he has attained the age of sixteen years, to be brought back and to have the period of his detention so increased, or to be sent to a Borstal institution for two years.

(2) Where a person is under the last foregoing subsection brought back to his school, the period of his detention shall (notwithstanding any limitations contained in this Act upon the period during which he may be detained in an approved school) be increased, over and above any increase ordered by a court, by a period equal to the period during which he was unlawfully at large.

(3) The expenses of bringing a person back to a school shall be borne by the managers of the school.

(4) If any person knowingly-

(a) assists or induces a person to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section; or

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