Expenses of
maintenance of child or
young person. 8'Edw. VII, c. 67 s. 110.
Order not to
c. 67 s. 123,
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(2) A child or young person whilst so detained and whilst being conveyed to and from the place of detention shall be deemed to be in legal custody and if he escapes may be apprehended without warrant and brought back to the place of detention in which he was detained.
(3) The Governor shall cause places of detention pro- vided under this Ordinance to be inspected, and may make rules as to the places to be used as places of detention, and as to their inspection, and as to the classification, treatment, employment, and control of children and young persons detained in custody in a place of detention pro.. vided under this Ordinance, and for the children and young persons whilst so detained being visited from time to time by persons appointed in accordance with those rules.
21. The expenses incurred by the Inspector General of Police in respect of any place of detention provided under this Ordinance, including the expenses of the main- tenance of any child or young person detained therein, whether detained on apprehension or committed to custody ou remand or committment for trial or in lieu of imprison- ment or in default of payment of a fine, damages, or costs, shall be defrayed out of the general revenue.
22. Where a person, whether charged with an offence be invalidated or not, is brought before any court and it appears to the by subsequent court that he is a child or young person, an order or judg- proof of
ment of the court shall not be invalidated by any subse- age.
quent proof that the age of that person has not been 8 Edw. VII, correctly stated to or presumed or declared by the court, and the age presumed or declared by the court to be the age of the person so brought before it shall, for the pur- poses of this Ordinance, be deemed to be the true age of that person, and where it appears to the court that the person so brought before it is of the age of sixteen years or upwards, that person shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed not to be a child or young person.
Power to
clear court whilst a
child or young person is giving evidence in
certain cases.
8 Edw. VII, c. 67 s. 114.
Power to
make rules.
Saving.
Repeal of Ordinance
No. 6 of 1909,
Commence- ment.
23. In addition and without prejudice to any powers. which a court may possess to hear proceedings in camera, the court may, where a person who in the opinion of the court is a child or young person is called as a witness in any proceedings in relation to an offence against, or any conduct contrary to, decency or morality, direct that all or any persons, not being members or officers of the court or parties to the case, their counsel or solicitors, or persous otherwise directly concerned in the case, be excluded from the court during the taking of the evidence of the child or young person; Provided that nothing in this section shall authorise the exclusion of bona fide representatives. of a newspaper or news agency.
24. The Governor in Council may by order make rules for carrying this Ordinance into effect, and in particular for prescribing such matters incidental to the appointment, resignation, and removal of probation officers, and the performance of their duties, the reports to be made by them, and the payment of their remuneration or out of pocket expenses, as may appear to be necessary.
25. Save in so far as other provision is expressly made- in this Ordinance nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affect any other law relating to children or young persons.
26. The Young Persons (Death Sentence) Ordinance, 1909, is hereby repealed.
27. This Ordinance shall come into force on such date: as may be fixed by Proclamation of the Governor.
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