Clause 6

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) If a Magistrate’s Court, upon receiving any information or complaint, has reason to believe that a relevant offence has been or is being committed in respect of a child or young person, the Court may issue a warrant authorising any police officer named therein to search for the child or young person, if necessary, and remove the child or young person and commit him to a place of safety until he can be brought before a Juvenile Court to be dealt with under section 48.(1A) A warrant issued by a Magistrate’s Court under this section may authorise the police officer named therein, before committing the child or young person concerned to a place of safety, to present the child or young person before a registered medical practitioner or an approved welfare officer for an assessment or for any medical or other treatment as may appear to be necessary.(1B) The provisions of section 8(2) to (7) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in the case where a child or young person is removed under this section as they apply in the case where a child or young person is removed under that section.”; and

by deleting the words “a Government Medical Officer” in the last line of subsection (4) and substituting the words “a registered medical practitioner appointed by the Director for the purpose”.