(2) The order shall be a sufficient authority for the conveyance of the child to the school and for his detention therein or in any other place to which he is transferred in pursuance of this Ordinance, during the period for which he is liable to be detained.
assistance.
12. A minister of the religious persuasion specified in the order as that to which the child appears to belong may visit the child at the school on such days, at such times, and on such conditions as may be fixed by the Governor, for the purpose of affording religious assistance to the child, and also for the purpose of instructing him in the principles of his religion; and every child detained in a school shall have reasonable facilities, so far as circumstances admit, for attending the religious services of his creed.
13. When a child is ordered to be detained in a school the order shall be in force until the child attains the age of eighteen years: Provided as follows:-
(1) the child, on attaining the age of sixteen years, shall be entitled to be discharged from the school, and may, if the Governor so orders, be discharged from the school at any previous time;
(2) it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to apply for the discharge of a child detained in a school, or to grant him a licence to live out of such school, at the earliest lawful date which is, in the opinion of the Superintendent, consistent with the welfare of the child;
(3) where a child is discharged from a school in pursuance of this Ordinance, he may be so discharged either absolutely or conditionally, that is to say, on such conditions as to the disposal of the child on his discharge, and as to his conduct thereafter and otherwise, as the Governor may, by general or special order, direct;
(4) where a child has been conditionally discharged from a school in pursuance of this Ordinance and fails to conform to any one or more of the conditions on which he was discharged, the Governor may, on being satisfied of the failure, revoke the order of discharge and order the child to return to the school and there remain for any period specified in the order (so, however, that he be not detained in the school after attaining the age of eighteen years), and, if the child disobeys the order, he may be dealt with as if he had escaped from the school;
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(2) The order shall be a sufficient authority for the con- veyance of the child to the school and for his detention therein or in any other place to which He is transferred in pursuance of this Ordinance, during the period for which he is liable to be detained.
assistance.
12. A minister of the religious persuasion specified in the Provision as order as that to which the child appears to belong may visit to religious the child at the school on such days, at such times, and on such conditions as may be fixed by the Governor, for the.. purpose of affording religious assistance to the child, and also for the purpose of instructing him in the principles of his religion; and every child detained in a school shall have reasonable facilities, so far as circumstances admit, for attending the religious services of his creed.
13. When a child is ordered to be detained in a school Period of the order shall be in force until the child attains the age of detention and
discharge eighteen years: Provided as follows:-
from school.
(1) the child, on attaining the age of sixteen years, shall be entitled to be discharged from the school, and may, if the Governor so orders, be discharged from the school at any previous time;
(2) it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to apply for the discharge of a child detained in a school, or to grant him a licence to live out of such school, at the earliest lawful date which is, in the opinion of the Superintendent, con- sistent with the welfare of the child;
(3) where a child is discharged from a school in pursuance of this Ordinance, he may be so discharged either absolutely or conditionally, that is to say, on such conditions as to the disposal of the child on his discharge, and as to his conduct thereafter and otherwise, as the Governor may, by general or special order, direct;
(4) where a child has been conditionally discharged from a school in pursuance of this Ordinance and fails to conform to any one or more of the conditions on which he was discharged, the Governor may, on being satisfied of the failure, revoke the order of discharge and order the child to return to the school and there remain for any period specified in the order (so, however, that he be not detained in the school after attaining the age of eighteen years), and, if the child disobeys the order, he may be dealt with as if he had escaped from the school; and
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