Clause 23

by inserting, immediately after the words “Subject to the provisions of this section” in subsection (1), the words “and on the application made by the Director or a protector”;

by deleting the words “an approved home or a place of safety” in subsection (1)(c) and substituting the words “a place of safety or a place of temporary care and protection”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(3A) Where the Juvenile Court considers the presence of a child or young person or his parent or guardian to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the proceedings, the Court may compel the attendance of the child or young person or his parent or guardian by summons.(3B) The Juvenile Court may dispense with the attendance of a child or young person in Court if it considers that the prejudicial effects, if any, of dispensing with his attendance is outweighed by any harm or injury to or any other detrimental effect on the welfare of the child or young person that will or may be caused to him by his attendance in Court.”;

by deleting the word “surroundings” in subsection (5) and substituting the word “environment”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “medical,” in subsection (6)(d), the word “psychiatric,”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “report to the Court” in subsection (7)(a), the words “and a protector”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsections:“(9) The Juvenile Court may, at any time before the expiry of an order made under subsection (1) and on the application of the Director or a protector, vary or discharge the order if the Court is satisfied that it would be in the best interests of the person in respect of whom the order was made.(10) For the avoidance of doubt, where an order to be varied or discharged under subsection (9) is an order made under subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) and involves a person who is above the age of 16 years (but below the age of 19 years) at the time the order is to be varied or discharged, the Juvenile Court shall not vary the period for which the person is to be detained, committed to care or placed under supervision, as the case may be.(11) If the parent or guardian of the child or young person fails to enter into the bond within the time specified in the order made under subsection (1)(a) or breaches any condition of the bond, the parent or guardian shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.”.