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(6) The person named in any probation order shall be- Who to be

named as

(a) a probation officer appointed by the Governor, or probation

a deputy probation officer or assistant probation officer. officer so appointed, or

(b) if the court considers that the special circums- tances of the case render it desirable, or if no person has been appointed as a probation officer, a person who has not been appointed a probation officer to undertake supervision in respect of that

case.

(7) The person named in a probation order may at any time be relieved of his duties, and, in any such case or io case of the death, absence, illness or incapacity of the person so named, another person may be substituted by the Court before which the offender is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence.

(8) It shall be the duty of a probation officer, subject Duties of to the directions of the court :-

probation officers.

(a) To visit or receive reports from the person under 7 Edw. VII,

supervision at such reasonable intervals as may c. 17, s. 4. be specified in the probation order, or, subject thereto, as the probation officer may think fit:

(b) to see that he observes the conditions of his

recognizance;

(c) to report to the court as to his behaviour ;

(d) to advise, assist, and befriend him, and, when necessary, to endeavour to find him suitable employment.

(9) The court before which any persou is bound by his Power to recognizance under this Ordinance to appear for conviction vary or sentence may, upon the application of the probation conditions of officer, and after notice to the offender, vary the conditions recognizance, of the recognizance and may, on being satisfied that the 7 Edw. VII, conduct of that person has been such as to make it c. 17, s. 5, unnecessary that he should remain longer under supervi- sion, discharge the recognizance.

observe

(10)-(a) If a court before which an offender is bound Provision in by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, case of or any court, is satisfied by information on oath that the offender offender has failed to observe any of the conditions of his failing to recognizance, it may issue a warrant for his apprehension, conditions or may, if it thinks fit, instead of issuing a warrant in the of his first instance, issue a summons to the offender and his recognizance. sureties (if any) requiring him or them to attend at such 7 Edw. VII, court and af such time as may be specified in the c. 17, s. 6.

summons.

(h) The offender, when apprehended, shall, if not brought forth with before the court before which he is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, be brought before a court.

(e) The court before which an offender on apprehension is brought, or before which he appears in pursuance of such summons as aforesaid, may, if it is not the court before which he is bound by recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, remand him to custody or on bail until he can be brought before the last-mentioned court, and the pro- visions of section 5 of this Ordinance shall apply to any such remand as aforesaid.

(d) A court before which a person is bound by his 15 & 16 recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence on being Geo. V, satisfied that he has failed to observe any condition of his s. 86. s. 7 (4). recognizance, may forthwith, without any further proof of his guilt, deal with him as for the original offence, or instead of so doing and without prejudice to the continu- ance in force of the probation order, impose on him in respect of such failure a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

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