Clause 32

A Juvenile Court shall be presided over by a Magistrate nominated by the President.

If at any time, by reason of illness or other emergency, the Magistrate nominated under subsection (1) is not available, any Magistrate, although not so nominated, may preside over a Juvenile Court.

The presiding Magistrate, when determining the method of dealing with a child or young person in respect of whom a written report is obtained by the Juvenile Court regarding his background, family history, school record or such other matters, shall sit with two advisers from a panel of advisers nominated by the President except that where it appears that the Court cannot without adjournment be fully constituted and that an adjournment would be inexpedient in the interests of justice, he may sit with one adviser or he may sit alone.

Except as modified or extended by this Act, the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68] shall apply to a Juvenile Court as if that Court were a Magistrate’s Court.