On 26/05/2013,
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47. Section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) is amended —
(a)
by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:
“(1) Where a person is convicted by the High Court or a District Court of an offence punishable with imprisonment and that person —
(a)
is, on the day of his conviction, not less than 16 but under 21 years of age; or
(b)
is, on the day of his conviction, not less than 14 but under 16 years of age and has, prior to his conviction, been dealt with by a court in connection with another offence and had, in respect of that other offence, been ordered to be sent to an approved school established under section 62 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38),
and the High Court or District Court (as the case may be) is satisfied, having regard to his character and previous conduct and to the circumstances of the offence of which he is convicted, that it is expedient with a view to his reformation and the prevention of crime that he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, that Court may, in lieu of any other sentence, pass a sentence of reformative training.
(2) Where a person is convicted by a Magistrate’s Court of an offence punishable with imprisonment and that person —
(a)
is, on the day of his conviction, not less than 16 but under 21 years of age; or
(b)
is, on the day of his conviction, not less than 14 but under 16 years of age and has, prior to his conviction, been dealt with by a court in connection with another offence and had, in respect of that other offence, been ordered to be sent to an approved school established under section 62 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38),
and the Magistrate’s Court is satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (1), the Court may commit him in custody for sentence to a District Court.”;
(b)
by deleting the words “male young” in the 1st line of subsection (4); and
(c)
by deleting the words “section 59(2) or (3) of” in the 2nd line of subsection (4).