Clause 5

by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following subsection: —“(1) The court by which a probation order is made under section 5 of this Act may, upon application made by —

the probationer; or

the probation officer or volunteer probation officer who is responsible for the supervision of the probationer,discharge the order.”;

by inserting immediately after the word “officer” appearing in the second line of subsection (2) thereof the words “or volunteer probation officer”;

by deleting subsections (4) and (5) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(4) Where a court discharges or amends a probation order under this section, the clerk to the court shall forthwith give copies of the discharging or amending order to the Chief Probation Officer who shall give a copy thereof to —

the probationer;

the probation officer or volunteer probation officer responsible for the supervision of the offender; andthe person in charge of any institution in which the probationer was required by the probation order as originally made or is required by the amending order to reside.(5) A volunteer probation officer shall not make an application for the discharge or an amendment of a probation order under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, as the case may be, without the prior approval of the Chief Probation Officer.(6) Where a probation order, whether as originally made under section 5 of this Act or as amended under this section, requires a probationer to reside in an approved institution for a period extending beyond six months form the date of the order as originally made or amended, as the case may be, the probation officer or volunteer probation officer who is responsible for the supervision of the probationer shall, as soon as may be after the expiration of six months from that date, report to the court on the case.”; and

by renumbering the existing subsections (6) and (7) thereof as subsections (7) and (8) respectively.