Section 66

A court on remanding a child or young person who is not released on bail shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Act, instead of remanding him in custody in a prison, remand him in custody in a place of detention or remand home named in the order of remand, to be there detained for the period for which he is remanded or until he is from that place delivered in due course of law.

A court committing for trial a child or young person who is not released on bail, shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Act, instead of committing him to prison, commit him to a place of detention named in the order of commitment or to a remand home, to be there detained for the period for which he is committed or until he is from that place delivered in due course of law:Provided that in the case of a young person it shall not be obligatory on the court to remand or commit him in or to a place of detention or remand home under subsection (1) or (2) if the court certifies that it is impracticable to do so, or that he is of so unruly a character that he cannot be safely so remanded or committed, or that he is of so depraved a character that he is not a fit person to be so detained; and in that case the court may remand the young person to custody in, or may commit him to, a prison.

An order of remand or commitment under this section may be varied, or, in the case of a young person who proves to be of so unruly a character that he cannot be safely detained in a place of detention or remand home, or to be of so depraved a character that he is not a fit person to be so detained, revoked by any court; and if it is revoked the young person may be remanded in custody in, or committed to, a prison.