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guilty of an offence under this section in respect of such child or young person,
to find the accused guilty of such offence.
(5) If it is proved that a person convicted under this section was directly or
indirectly interested in any sum of money accruable or payable in the event of
the death of the child or young person, and had knowledge that such sum of
money was accruing or becoming payable, then —
(a) in the case of a conviction on indictment, the Court may in its
discretion either increase the amount of the'fine under this section so
that the fine does not exceed £200 ; or in lieu of awarding any other
penalty under this section, sentence the person to panal servitude for
any term not exceeding five years ; and
(b) In case of a summary conviction, the Court in determining the sentence
to be awarded shall take into consideration the fact that the person
was so interested and had such knowledge.
(6) A person shall be deemed to be directly or indirectly interested in a sum
of money under this section if he has any share in or any benefit from the payment
of that money, though he is not a person to whom it is legally payable.
(7) A copy of a policy of insurance, certified by an officer or agent of the
insurance company granting the policy to be a true copy, shall in any proceedings
under this section be prima fade evidence that the child or young person therein
stated to be insured has been, in fact, so insured, and that the person in whose
favour the policy has been granted is the person to whom the money thereby
insured is legally payable.
(8) An offence under this section is in this Part of this Act referred to as
an offence of cruelty.
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24. -Warrant to Search for or Remove a Child or Young Person.
(1) If it appears to a justice on information on oath laid by any person
who, in the opinion of the justice, is acting in the interests of a child or
young person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect—
(a) that the child or young person has been or is being assaulted,
ill-treated, or neglected, in any place within the jurisdiction of the
justice, in a manner likely to cause the child or young person
unnecessary suffering or to be injurious to his health; or
(b) that an offence under this Part of this Act, or any offence
tioned in the first schedule to this Act, has been or is being committed
in respect of the child or young person,
the justice may issue a warrant authorising any constable named therein to
search for such child or young person, and, if it is found that he has been or
is being assaulted, ill-treated, or neglected in manner aforesaid, or that any
such offence as aforesaid has been or is being committed in respect of the child
or young person, to take him to and detain him in a place of safety until he
can be brought before a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, or authorising any
constable to remove the child or young person with or without search to a
place of safety, and detain him there until he can be brought before a Court of
Summary Jurisdiction ; and the Court before whom the child or young person
is brought may commit him to the care of a relative or other fit person in like
manner as if the person in whose care he was had been committed for trial for
an offence under this Part of this Act.