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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1886.

Power to apprentice offenders. (29 & 30 V. c. 117, 6. 19.)

Refusal to con- form to rules. (29 & 30 V. C. 117, s. 20.)

Escaping from School.

(29 & 30 V. c. 117, a. 21.)

Penalty on persons assist- ing or indu- cing offenders to escape from certified Reformatory Schools. Or harbouring offenders who have escaped. (29 & 30 V. c. 117, s. 22.)

Power to Governor to send offenders to Beformatory Schools on Conditional Pardon. (29 & 30 V. c. 117, 6.32.)

The time during which a youthful offender is absent from a certified Reformatory School in pursuance of a licence under this section shall, except where such licence has been forfeited by his misconduct, be deemed to be part of the time of his detention in the School, and at the expiration of the time fixed by his licence he shall be taken back to School. Any youthful offender escaping from the person with whom he is placed in pursuance of this section, or refusing to return to the School at the expiration of the time fixed by his licence, or any renewal thereof, or when required to do so on the revocation of his licence, shall be liable to the same penalty as if he had escaped from the School itself.

15. The Managers of a certified Reformatory School may, at any time after an offender has been placed out on licence as aforesaid, if he conducted himself well during his absence from the School, bind him, with his own consent, apprentice to any trade, calling, or service, notwithstanding that his period of detention has not expired; and every such binding shall be valid and effectual to all intents.

Offences in relation to Reformatory Schools.

16. If any offender detained in a certified Reformatory School wilfully neglects or wilfully refuses to conform to the Rules thereof, he shall, upon summary conviction before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the place or district where the School is situate, be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months; and at the expiration of the term of his imprisonment he shall, by and at the expense of the Managers of the School, be brought back to the School from which he was taken, there to be detained during a period equal to so much of his period of detention as remained unexpired at the time of his being sent to prison.

17. If any offender sentenced to be detained in a certified Reformatory School escapes therefrom, he may at any time before the expiration of his period of detention, be appre- hended without warrant, and, if the Managers of the School think fit, but not otherwise, may (any other Ordi- nance to the contrary notwithstanding) be then brought before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the place or dis- trict where he is found, or in the place or district where the School from which he escaped is situate; and he shall thereupon be liable, on summary conviction before such Magistrate, to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months; and at the ex- piration of such term he shall, by and at the expense of the Managers of the School, be brought back to the School from which he escaped, there to be detained during a period equal to so much of his period of detention as remained unexpired at the time of his escaping.

18 Every person who commits any of the following offences, that is to say:-

(1.) Knowingly assists directly or indirectly an offender detained in a certified Reformatory School to escape from the School;

(2.) Directly or indirectly induces such an offender to

escape from the School;

(3.) Knowingly harbours, conceals or prevents from returning to the School, or assists in harbouring, concealing, or preventing from returning to the School, any offender who has escaped from a certified Reformatory School,

shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liabər to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or at the discretion of the Magistrate to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two months, with or without hard labour.

Conditional Pardons.

19. Where before or after the passing of this Ordinance a youthful offender has been sentenced to Penal Servitude, or Imprisonment, and has been pardoned by the Governor on condition of his placing himself under the care of some charitable Institution for the reception and reformation of youthful offenders, the Govenor may direct him, if under the age of sixteen years, to be sent to a certified Reformatory School, the Managers of which consent to receive him for a period of not less than two years and not more than five years; and thereupon such offender shall be deemed to be subject to all the Provisions of this Ordinance, as if he had been originally sentenced to detention in a certified Reformatory School.