Singapore legislation
Section 59
Section 59
Powers of Juvenile Court on proof of offence
(1)
Where a Juvenile Court is satisfied that an offence has been proved, or where the child or young person admits the facts constituting the offence, the Court shall, in addition to any other powers exercisable by virtue of this Act or any other written law for the time being in force, have power —
to acquit and discharge the offender or to discharge him in circumstances not amounting to an acquittal;
to discharge the offender upon his entering into a bond to be of good behaviour and to comply with such order as may be imposed;
to commit the offender to the care of a relative or other fit person;
to order his parent or guardian to execute a bond to exercise proper care and guardianship;
without making any other order, or in addition to an order under paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (h), to make a probation order placing the offender under the supervision of a probation officer or some person appointed for the purpose by the Court, for a period of not less than one year and not more than 3 years from the date of the order as may be specified therein;
to order the offender to be detained in a place of detention or remand home for a period not exceeding 6 months;
to order the offender to be sent to an approved school for a period of not less than 3 years, and not more than 5 years;
to order the offender to pay a fine, damages or costs;
where the offender is a young person and the offence is proved, or where the young person admits the facts constituting the offence, the Juvenile Court may order the offender to be sent to a Young Offenders Section, as provided in Part VII, for such length of time as could be awarded by a District Court in respect of a term of imprisonment, if in the opinion of the Court he is of so unruly a character that he cannot be detained in a remand home, a place of detention, an approved school or an approved home, or that he is of so depraved a character that he is not a fit person to be so detained.
(2)
Where a Juvenile Court is satisfied, on the representations of the manager of a remand home, a place of detention, an approved school or an approved home, that a young person ordered to be detained in the remand home, place of detention, approved school or approved home is of so unruly a character that he cannot be so detained, or is of so depraved a character that he is not a fit person to be so detained, the Court may —
order the young person to be transferred to and detained in an approved school or in another approved school (as the case may be) which the Court considers more suitable for him and there to complete the unexpired portion of detention;
order the young person to be transferred to and detained in, a Young Offenders Section, as provided in Part VII, for a period not exceeding 6 months;
on completion of the period of detention in a Young Offenders Section ordered under paragraph (b), and on receipt of a satisfactory report of the young person’s conduct from the Director of Prisons, order the young person to be sent back to the remand home, place of detention, approved school or approved home, from which he had been transferred, to complete the unexpired portion of the period for which he had originally been sent to the remand home, place of detention, approved school or approved home; or
on completion of the period of detention in a Young Offenders Section ordered under paragraph (b), order the young person to be detained for a further period not exceeding 6 months if the Director of Prisons reports that his conduct, during the period of his detention, has been unsatisfactory:Provided that where the young person is a male and has attained the age of 16 years and the Court is satisfied that it is expedient with a view to his reformation that he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, the Court may order him to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with under section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68].
(3)
Where a young person, having been transferred to, and detained in, a Young Offenders Section and sent back to a remand home, place of detention, approved school or approved home, as provided in subsection (2)(b) and (c) is again brought before the Juvenile Court on the representations of the manager of a remand home, place of detention, approved school or approved home, as being of so unruly or depraved a character as to make his detention in such remand home, place of detention, approved school or approved home, undesirable, the Court may —
order the young person to be again transferred to and detained in a Young Offenders Section for a further period not exceeding 6 months; or
order the young person to be transferred to and detained in a Young Offenders Section for the unexpired portion of the period for which he was originally sent to such remand home, place of detention, approved school or approved home:Provided that where the young person is a male and has attained the age of 16 years and the Court is satisfied that it is expedient with a view to his reformation that he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, the Court may order him to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with under section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68].