1
1349
(8) Provision shall be made for preventing persons apparently under the age of sixteen years whilst being conveyed to or from court, or whilst waiting before or after their attendance in court, from associating with adults charged with or convicted of any offence other than an offence with which the person apparently under the age of sixteen years is jointly charged or convicted.
(4) In a juvenile court no person other than the mem- bers and officers of the court and the parties to the case, their solicitors and counsel, and other persons directly -concerned in the case, shall, except by leave of the court,
be allowed to attend.
Provided that bona fide representatives of a newspaper or news agency shall not be excluded, except by special order of the court,
Provided that no person shall publish the name, address, school, photograph, or anything likely to lead to the identification of the child or young person before the juvenile court, save with the permission of the court or in so far as required by the provisions of this Ordinance. Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of this proviso shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(5) The Governor in Council may, by order to be published in the Gazette, provide for the establishment of such juvenile courts as may appear to him to be necessary and for assigning to each such court such portion of the Colony as may be specified in the order.
(6) An Order made by the Governor in Council under 10 & 11 the foregoing subsection may provide for such courts Geo. V, being held elsewhere than in the buildings used as magis- c. 68, s. 1.
-trates' courts.
4. Where a person apparently under the age of sixteen Bail of years is apprehended, with or without warrant, and cannot children and be brought forthwith before a juvenile court, an inspector young of police, or other officer of police of equal or superior persons
arrested. rank, or the officer in charge of the police station to which such person is brought, shall inquire into the case, and 8 Edw. VII, c. 67, s. 94. may in any case, and
(a) unless the charge is one of homicide or other
grave crime; or
() unless it necessary in the interest of such person to remove him from association with any unlesirable person; or
(e) unless the officer has reason to believe that the release of such person would defeat the ends of justice,
-shall release such person on a recognizance, with or without securities, for such amount as will, in the opinion of the officer, secure the attendance of such person upon the hearing of the charge, being entered into by him or by his parent or guardian, or other responsible person.
5. Where a person apparently under the age of sixteen Custody of years having been apprehended is not so released as afore- children and said, the officer in charge of the police station to which young such person is brought shall cause him to be detained in persons not released on a place of detention provided under this Ordinance until bail after he can be brought before a juvenile court unless the officer arrest. certifies-
8 Edw. VII, c. 67, s. 95.
(a) that it is impracticable to do so; or
(b) that he is of so unruly or depraved a character
that he cannot be safely so detained, or
(c) that by reason of his state of health or of his mental or bodily condition it is inadvisable to so detain him;
and the certificate shall be produced to the court before which the person is brought.
1
grand
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.