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29. (1) The order of detention made by a court in pursuance of which a youthful offender is sent to a reformatory or certified industrial school shall be in writing under the hand of the presiding magistrate and the seal of the court and shall be delivered with the youthful offender to the manager of the reformatory or certified industrial school and shall be sufficient authority for his detention therein, or in any other place to which he is transferred in pursuance of this Ordinance, in accordance with the tenor thereof.
(2) A youthful offender whilst so detained and whilst being conveyed to and from a reformatory or certified industrial school shall be deemed to be in legal custody and if he escapes may be apprehended without warrant and taken to the place wherein he was detained or to or from which he was being conveyed.
(3) Every officer of a reformatory or certified industrial school authorized by the manager thereof or by the court to take charge of any youthful offender ordered to be detained under this Ordinance, for the purpose of conveying him to or from the school or of apprehending and bringing him back to the school in case of his escape or refusal to return, shall for that purpose and while engaged in that duty have all the powers, protection and privileges of a police officer.
30. (1) Every order, authority or direction which by the provisions of this Ordinance may be given by the Governor shall be in writing.
(2) A copy under the hand of the Colonial Secretary shall be evidence of any such order, authority or direction purporting to be contained therein until the contrary is shown.
31. (1) The production of the order, warrant or other document, in pursuance of which a child or young person is directed to be sent to a reformatory or certified industrial school, or committed to the care or custody of a society or institution, with a statement indorsed thereon or annexed thereto purporting to be signed by the manager to the effect that the child or young person named therein was duly received into and is at the date of the signing thereof in such school, or by the secretary of such society or institution to
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Industrial and Reformatory Schools.
[CAP. 225
General.
as to custody
detained.
29. (1) The order of detention made by a court in Provisions pursuance of which a youthful offender is sent to a reforma- of person tory or certified industrial school shall be in writing under the hand of the presiding magistrate and the seal of the court and shall be delivered with the youthful offender to the manager of the reformatory or certified industrial school and shall be sufficient authority for his detention therein, or in any other place to which he is transferred in pursuance of this Ordinance, in accordance with the tenor thereof.
(2) A youthful offender whilst so detained and whilst being conveyed to and from a reformatory or certified indus- trial school shall be deemed to be in legal custody and if he escapes may be apprehended without warrant and taken to the place wherein he was detained or to or from which he was being conveyed.
(3) Every officer of a reformatory or certified industrial school authorized by the manager thereof or by the court to take charge of any youthful offender ordered to be detained under this Ordinance, for the purpose of conveying him to or from the school or of apprehending and bringing him back to the school in case of his escape or refusal to return, shall for that purpose and while engaged in that duty have all the powers, protection and privileges of a police officer.
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30. (1) Every order, authority or direction which by Orders the provisions of this Ordinance may be given by the Gover- Governor. nor shall be in writing.
(2) A copy under the hand of the Colonial Secretary shall be evidence of any such order, authority or direction purporting to be contained therein until the contrary is shown.
31. (1) The production of the order, warrant or other Presumptions. document, in pursuance of which a child or young person is 21 of 1933, s. 8. directed to be sent to a reformatory or certified industrial school, or committed to the care or custody of a society or institution, with a statement indorsed thereon or annexed thereto purporting to be signed by the manager to the effect that the child or young person named therein was duly received into and is at the date of the signing thereof in such school, or by the secretary of such society or institution to
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