Children Act, 1941

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Amendment of section 131 of the Principal Act.

29.—(1) Section 131 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of the word “fourteen” where that word occurs in the definition of the expression “child” and the substitution in lieu of the word so deleted of the word “fifteen”.

(2) Section 131 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “fourteen” and “sixteen” where those words occur in the definition of the expression “young person” and the substitution in lieu of the words so deleted of the words “fifteen” and “seventeen” respectively.

(3) No person who is over the age of sixteen years and under the age of seventeen years shall be incapable of being sentenced to detention in a Borstal Institution by reason only of the extension, by virtue of the immediately preceding sub-section of this section, of the operation of sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of section 102 of the Principal Act.