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[23 GEO. 5.]

Children and

[CH. 12.]

Young Persons Act, 1933.

(b) harbours or conceals a person who has com- A.D. 1933.

mitted such an offence, or prevents him from returning,

he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to be im- prisoned for any term not exceeding two months, or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or to both such imprisonment and fine.

(5) If a court of summary jurisdiction is satisfied by information on oath that such an offence as aforesaid has been committed and that there is reasonable ground for believing that some person named in the information could produce the offender, the court may issue a summons requiring that person to attend at the court on such day as may be specified in the summons, and to produce the offender, and, if he fails to do so without reasonable excuse, he shall, in addition to any other liability to which he may be subject under the provisions of this Act, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

PART IV. -cont,

children

83.-(1) Any person detained in a school under the Power to law in force in Scotland or Northern Ireland may, with send the consent of the Secretary of State, be transferred by and young order of the competent authority in Scotland or Northern persons Ireland to an approved school in England designated from for the purpose by the Secretary of State, and after Scotland, delivery to the managers of that school may be dealt Northern with and shall be subject to the provisions of this Act Isle of Man as if the order sending him to the school in Scotland or and Channel Northern Ireland were an approved school order made Islands to upon the same date by a juvenile court.

(2) The Secretary of State may at any time by order direct that a person who under the last preceding sub- section has been transferred to an approved school in England from a school in Scotland or Northern Ireland, shall be retransferred to the last-mentioned school, or to such other school as may be specified by the com- petent authority in Scotland or Northern Ireland, and thereupon the managers of that school shall receive him accordingly.

(3) If under any law of the Isle of Man or of any of the Channel Islands a court is empowered to order children or young persons under seventeen years of age C 2

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Ireland,

approved schools in

England.