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ORDINANCE No. 19 OF 1886 . 2013


Reformatory Schools.


particular religious influence likely to be used in such

reformatory school , and the party making such applica
tion is willing to make suitable provision for the care,
maintenance and education of such youthful offender
under proper security, it shall be lawful for the Governor

in Council upon such terms as to him may seem advisable
to set aside the sentence of the said Court or Magistrate
and to direct that the custody of the said youthful
offender be given to such person as he shall appoint, and
any person taking such youthful offender from such cus
tody, or knowingly assisting directly or indirectly such
offender to escape from such custody, or knowingly
harbouring or concealing or preventing from returning
to such custody any youthful offender who has escaped
therefrom, shall be liable to the penalties incurred under
this Ordinance for the offences aforesaid.


13. The Governor may at any time order any offender to be dis Discharge or
removal by
charged from a certified reformatory school , or to be removed from one order of the
Governor.
certified reformatory school to another, but so that the whole period of [ 29 and 30 V.
c. 117 , s. 17. ]
detention of the offender in a reformatory school shall not be increased by
such removal .


14. The managers of a certified reformatory school may, at any time Placing
offenders out
after the expiration of eighteen months of the period of detention allotted on licence.
[29 and 30 V.
to a youthful offender, by licence under their hands , permit him to live c. 117 , s. 18. ]
with any trustworthy and respectable person named in the licence willing
to receive and take charge of him.

Any licence so granted shall not be in force for more than three Duration of
licence.
months , but may at any time before the expiration of such three months
be renewed for a further period not exceeding three months , to commence
from the expiration of the previous period of three months , and so from
time to time until the youthful offender's period of detention is expired .

Any such licence may also be revoked by the managers of the school, Revocation of
licence.
by writing under their hands, at any time before the expiration of such
period of three months, and thereupon the youthful offender to whom the
licence related may be required by the managers, by writing under their
hands, to return to the school.

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