Singapore legislation
Clause 44
Clause 44
Powers of Juvenile Courts 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 discharge the offender;
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 for a period to be specified by the Court;
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 requiring him to be under the supervision of a probation officer or a volunteer probation officer for a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 3 years;
to order the offender to be detained in a place of detention 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 two years and not more than 3 years;
to order the offender to pay a fine, damages or costs;
where the offender is a young person, to commit the offender to a Young Offenders Section referred to in Part VIII 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 place of detention or an approved school; and
where the offender 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].
(2)
Where a Juvenile Court is satisfied, on the representations of the manager of a place of detention, an approved school or an approved home, that a person ordered to be detained in the place of detention, approved school or approved home is of so unruly a character that he cannot be so detained, the Court may —
order the 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 to be detained there for the whole or any part of the unexpired period of detention;
where the person is a young person, order the person to be transferred to and detained in a Young Offenders Section 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 person’s conduct from the Director of Prisons, order the person to be sent back to the place of detention, approved school or approved home, from which he had been transferred, to complete the unexpired period for which he had originally been sent to the place of detention, approved school or approved home;
on completion of the period of detention in a Young Offenders Section ordered under paragraph (b), order the 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; or
where the 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 person, having been transferred to, and detained in, a Young Offenders Section and sent back to a place of detention, an approved school or approved home pursuant to subsection (2)(b) and (c) is again brought before the Juvenile Court on the representation of the manager of the place of detention, approved school or approved home as being of so unruly a character as to make his detention in such place of detention, approved school or approved home undesirable, the Court may —
where the person is a young person, order the 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 place of detention, approved school or approved home; or
where the 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].