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2. This amendment is made in consequence of suggestions made by the Secretary of State in his despatch of the 29th April, 1933, intimating that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance in respect of Ordinance No. 6 of 1932.

3. The amendment is intended to make it clear that the children who are dealt with under section 17 of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance, No. 1 of 1932, who are not charged with any offence and cannot therefore be regarded as offenders, are excluded from the definition of "youthful offender" in the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Ordin- ance, No. 6 of 1932.

4. Section 3 amends 3 of the principal Ordinance so as to include young persons as well as children.

5. Section 4 substitutes a redrafted sub-section for sub- section 6 (1) of the principal Ordinance so as to provide, as in the case of section 48 of the Children Act, 1908, (8 Ed. 7. c. 67), that the relinquishment of the certificate given to a certified industrial school may be made, in the case of a deceased sole manager, by his executors or administrators.

6. Section 5 substitutes a redrafted sub-section for section 8 (3) of the principal Ordinance which makes a distinction between the orders of the Governor relating to youthful offenders detained under section 7 in certified industrial schools on the withdrawal or relinquishment of the certificates and the orders relating to other children committed to such schools.

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7. Section 6 deletes the word "renew,' from section 17 (4) of the principal Ordinance which empowered a court making an order of detention to "renew, vary or revoke" it. The Secretary of State in his despatch of the 29th April, 1933, suggested that if an offender is sentenced to a definite term of detention he should be released at the end of that term unless during the detention he has committed an offence for which he can be given a further term.

8. Section 7 corrects a misprint in section 19 (2) of the principal Ordinance.

9. Section 8 deletes the word "detained" from section 31 (1) of the principal Ordinance as the section applies to children committed to certified industrial schools under section 17 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1932 as well as to youthful offenders under Ordinance No. 6 of 1932 and the word "detained” is considered inapplicable to the former. Section 8 also adds. the word "or young person" after the word "child" wherever that word occurs in section 31 (1).

10. Section 9 brings this amending Ordinance into force at the same time as the principal Ordinance which it amends. Such coming into force will be on a date fixed by Proclamation under section 38 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1932.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

September, 1933.