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defence shall be heard, and the child or young person shall be allowed to give evidence or to make any statement.
(e) The court may, for the purpose of assisting the child or young person in his defence or for the purpose of explaining anything in the statement of the child or young person but not otherwise, put to such child or young person such questions as it may think necessary.
(f) It shall be the duty of the court to put to the witnesses such questions as appear to be necessary in the interests of the child or young person.
(g) If the child or young person admits the offence or the court is satisfied that it is proved, he shall then be asked if he desires to say anything in extenuation or mitigation of the penalty or otherwise.
(h) Before deciding how to deal with the child or young person the court shall obtain such information as may be readily available as to his general conduct, home surroundings, school record, and medical history, in order to enable it to deal with the case in the best interests of the child or young person, and may put to him any question arising out of such information. For the purpose of obtaining such information or for special medical examination or observation or for the purpose of considering how to deal with the case in the best interests of the child or young person the court may from time to time remand the child or young person on bail or to a place of detention.
(2) If the child or young person admits the offence or the court is satisfied that it is proved, and the court decides that a remand is necessary for purposes of inquiry or observation, the court may cause an entry to be made in the court register that the charge is proved and that the child or young person has been remanded. The court before which a child or young person so remanded is brought may without further proof of the commission of the offence make any order in respect of the child or young person which could have been made by the court which so remanded the child or young person.
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Juvenile Offenders.
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defence shall be heard, and the child or young person shall be allowed to give evidence or to make any statement.
(e) The court may, for the purpose of assisting the child or young person in his defence or for the purpose of explaining anything in the statement of the child. or young person but not otherwise, put to such child or young person such questions as it may think necessary.
(f) It shall be the duty of the court to put to the wit- nesses such questions as appear to be necessary in the interests of the child or young person. (g) If the child or young person admits the offence or the court is satisfied that it is proved, he shall then be asked if he desires to say anything in extenuation or mitigation of the penalty or otherwise. (h) Before deciding how to deal with the child or young person the court shall obtain such information as may be readily available as to his general conduct, home surroundings, school record, and medical his- tory, in order to enable it to deal with the case in the best interests of the child or young person, and may put to him any question arising out of such information. For the purpose of obtaining such information or for special medical examination or observation or for the purpose of considering how to deal with the case in the best interests of the child or young person the court may from time to time remand the child or young person on bail or to a place of detention.
(2) If the child or young person admits the offence or the court is satisfied that it is proved, and the court decides that a remand is necessary for purposes of inquiry or observation, the court may cause an entry to be made in the court register that the charge is proved and that the child or young person has been remanded. The court before which a child or young person so remanded is brought may without further proof of the commission of the offence make any order in respect of the child or young person which could have been made by the court which so remanded the child or young person.
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