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In force2012 Revised Edition
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Part IX · Procedure in Juvenile Courts

47. Power of other courts to remit juvenile offenders to Juvenile Court

(1)

Any court by or before which a child or young person is found guilty of an offence may, if it thinks fit, remit the case to a Juvenile Court.

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(2)

Where any such case is so remitted, the offender shall be brought before a Juvenile Court accordingly, and the Juvenile Court may deal with him in any way in which it might have dealt with him if he had been tried and found guilty by the Juvenile Court.

(3)

No appeal shall lie against an order of remission made under subsection (1), but nothing in this subsection shall affect any right of appeal against the verdict or finding on which such an order is founded.

(4)

A person aggrieved by the order of the Juvenile Court to which the case is remitted may appeal therefrom to the High Court as if he had been tried and found guilty by the Juvenile Court.

(5)

A court by which an order remitting a case to a Juvenile Court is made under this section —

(a)

may give such directions as appear to be necessary with respect to the custody of the offender or for his release on bail until he can be brought before a Juvenile Court; and

(b)

shall cause to be transmitted to the Juvenile Court to which the case has been remitted a certificate setting out the nature of the offence and stating that the case has been remitted for the purpose of being dealt with under this section.

Report

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Part X

Remand Homes

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Part XI

Places of Detention

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Part XII

Approved Schools and Approved Homes

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Part XIII

Provisions Applicable to Persons Being Detained in Approved Schools, Approved Homes, Remand Homes and Places of Detention

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Part XIV

Expenses and Contributions

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Part XV

General

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