Singapore legislation

Clause 29

of Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Bill

Clause 29

Amendment of section 76

Section 76 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “approved school or approved home” wherever they appear in subsections (1) and (7) and substituting in each case the words “juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety”;

(b)

by deleting the words “, when they have been detained for 12 months” in subsection (1);

(c)

by deleting the words “advisory board mentioned in subsection (3)” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “Review Board”;

(d)

by deleting the words “an approved school or approved home for 12 months” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “a juvenile rehabilitation centre or a place of safety”;

(e)

by deleting subsections (4) and (5);

(f)

by deleting the words “an approved school or approved home” in subsections (6) and (8) and substituting in each case the words “a juvenile rehabilitation centre or a place of safety”;

(g)

by deleting the words “the approved school or approved home” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “the juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety”;

(h)

by deleting the words “an advisory board” in subsection (7) and substituting the words “the Review Board”; and

(i)

by deleting the words “approved schools or approved homes” in the section heading and substituting the words “juvenile rehabilitation centres or places of safety”.

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