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the person or institution to whose care he is so committed; or
(ii) knowingly harbours, conceals, or prevents from returning to such person or institution, a child or young person who has so escaped or knowingly assists in so doing;
he shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for six months.
(b) Any court having power so to commit a child or young person shall have power to make orders on the parent or other person liable to maintain the child or young person to contribute to his maintenance during such period as aforesaid such sums as the court shall think fit, and may from time to time vary such orders.
(c) Any such order may be made on the complaint or application of the person or institution to whose care the child is for the time being committed or on the complaint or the application of the Commissioner of Police and either at the time when the order for committal of the child or young person is made, or subsequently, and the sums contributed by the parent or such other person shall be paid to such person or institution as the court may name, and be applied for the maintenance of the child or young person or towards the cost of conducting the institution as the case may be.
(d) Where any parent or other person has been ordered under this section to contribute to the maintenance of a child or young person, he shall give notice of any change of address to the Commissioner of Police and if he fails to do so without reasonable excuse, he shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.
(e) The Governor may at any time in his discretion discharge a child or young person from the care of any person or institution to whose care he is committed in pursuance of this section, either absolutely or on such conditions as the Governor approves, and the Governor in Council may, if he thinks fit, make rules in relation to children or young persons so committed
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CAP. 226]
[8. 17 cont.]
Juvenile Offenders.
the person or institution to whose care he is so committed; or
(ii) knowingly harbours, conceals, or prevents from returning to such person or institution, a child or young person who has so escaped or knowingly assists in so doing;
he shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for six months.
(b) Any court having power so to commit a child or young person shall have power to make orders on the parent or other person liable to maintain the child or young person to contribute to his mainten- ance during such period as aforesaid such sums as the court shall think fit, and may from time to time vary such orders.
(c) Any such order may be made on the complaint or application of the person or institution to whose care the child is for the time being committed or on the complaint or the application of the Commissioner of Police and either at the time when the order for committal of the child or young person is made, or subsequently, and the sums contributed by the parent or such other person shall be paid to such person or institution as the court may name, and be applied for the maintenance of the child or young person or towards the cost of conducting the institu- tion as the case may be.
(d) Where any parent or other person has been ordered under this section to contribute to the maintenance of a child or young person, he shall give notice of any change of address to the Commissioner of Police and if he fails to do so without reasonable excuse, he shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. (e) The Governor may at any time in his discretion discharge a child or young person from the care of any person or institution to whose care he is committed in pursuance of this section, either absolutely or on such conditions as the Governor approves, and the Governor in Council. may, if he thinks fit, make rules in relation to children or young persons SO committed
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