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young persons to be in brothels; or to cause or favour the seduction
or prostitution of a girl under the age of 16. Where there is an
offence under this Act, a child or young person may be removed to
a place of safety and taken out of the custody of a convicted person,
and the parent or person liable to maintain the child may be made to
contribute to the cost of maintenance.
Part III. deals with Juvenile Smoking, and imposes a penalty
for selling cigarettes to children and young persons. A constable or
park-keeper may seize cigarettes in the possession of children and
young persons, and steps may be taken to prevent cigarettes being
obtained from automatic machines, where any such machine is being
extensively used by children or young persons.
Part IV. deals with Reformatory and Industrial Schools; the
certification, inspection, and management of such schools; the
children liable to be sent to them; the power to subsequently apprentice
or dispose of such children; the expenses of the school; the
establishment of day industrial schools, etc.
Part V. deals with Juvenile Offenders and requires, inter alia,
that a child or young person shall be kept apart from adults during
detention in a police station; certain restrictions are imposed as to
the punishment of children and young persons, including the abolition
of the death sentence; the provision of places of detention is also
dealt with.
Part VI. contains miscellaneous and general clauses. A person
giving intoxicating liquor to any child under 5, except in sickness;
or a publican allowing a child to be in the bar of licensed premises,
except during the hours of closing, render themselves liable to a fine.
A very important section (122) is the following:—A local
education authority may direct their medical officer, or any person
provided with, and, if required, exhibiting the authority in writing of
their medical officer, to examine in any public elementary school,