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"Part V., relating to juvenile offenders, is for the most part new
though some of the provisions are re-enacted, with amendments, from the
Youthful Offenders Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 20). Special juvenile police
courts are to be established, and also a system of registered places of
detention for children and young persons. All juvenile offenders are, as
a general rule, to be admitted to bail by the police, and are, in any case,
to be kept from association with adults. The attendance at court of the
parent or guardian is, as a general rule, to be required; and the parent or
guardian may be ordered to pay damages or give security even when the
juvenile offender is not himself convicted. No child (under fourteen) may
be sentenced to penal servitude or imprisonment; nor may any young
person (under sixteen) be sentenced to penal servitude or to imprisonment
except when of an unruly or depraved character. Sentence of death is
not to be pronounced against any child or young person, but for heinous
crimes they may be sentenced to an indeterminate period of detention.
"Part VI., contains some important miscellaneous provisions of a
general nature. Power is given to clear the court when a child or young
person is giving evidence in cases affecting decency or morality. No
child or young person is allowed to be in court during the trial of other
persons. Penalties are imposed on the purchase of old metals from a
person under sixteen, on the taking of pawns from a person under fourteen,
on vagrants preventing children from receiving education, and on any one
giving intoxicating liquor to a child under five. Children (under fourteen)
are to be excluded altogether from the bar of licensed premises. Special
precautions must be taken for the safety of children at entertainments,
when the number of children exceeds 100 and the accommodation for
them is upstairs. Finally, there are provisions for the cleansing of
verminous children who attend a public elementary school, and a penalty
is imposed upon the parent, etc., who allows his child to require such
cleansing a second time.
"The Act comes into operation on 1st April, 1909." (Paterson's
Practical Statutes.)
(7448) Order of the Board op Agriculture and Fisheries.
(Dated 23rd April, 1908.)
Swine Fever (Regulation of Movement), Order, 1908.
Unbound Food Regulations (First Series). (See page 150).
Foreign Meat Regulations. (See page 152.)