Singapore legislation

Clause 52

of Family Justice Bill

Clause 52

Consequential and related amendments to Children and Young Persons Act

The Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38, 2001 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Juvenile Court” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Youth Court”:Sections 8A(1), 9(1)(a), (2), (3) and (4)(a), 10(1), 30(1), (2), (3) and (4), 32(3), (3A) and (4) and section heading, 33(1), (2)(a) and (b), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) and section heading, 34(1) and (2), 39(1), (2) and (3), 40(1), (2), (4) and (5) and section heading, 41(1), 42(1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13) and (14) and section heading, 44(1), (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) and section heading, 45(1), (2)(b) and (3), 46(1), (2) and (3) and section heading, 48, 48B(1), 49(1), (2), (3A), (3B), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) and section heading, 50(1), (1A), (2), (3) and (4) and section heading, 51(1), (2) and (3) and section heading, 52, 54(2A) and (3), 83, 84(1), (6)(a) and (7) and 85 and section heading;

(b)

by deleting the heading to Part III and substituting the following heading:“Youth Court”;

(c)

by deleting subsections (1) and (2) of section 32;

(d)

by deleting the words “The presiding Magistrate” in section 32(3) and substituting the words “A judge of a Youth Court”;

(e)

by deleting the words “Magistrate’s Court” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “District Court”:Sections 32(4) and 48;

(f)

by deleting the words “Juvenile Courts” in section 34(2) and substituting the words “Youth Courts”;

(g)

by deleting the words “order the offender to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with” in section 44(1)(k) and substituting the words “deal with the offender, or order the offender to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with,”;

(h)

by deleting the words “order the person to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with” in section 44(7)(b) and substituting the words “deal with the person, or order the person to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with,”;

(i)

by deleting the words “by the District Court or a Magistrate’s Court” in section 48B(1);

(j)

by deleting the words “Juvenile Court” in the sub‑heading to Part III immediately before section 51 and substituting the words “Youth Court”;

(k)

by inserting, immediately after the words “undergo such” in section 51(1), the word “mediation,”; and

(l)

by repealing section 89 and substituting the following section:“Family Justice Rules89.—

(1)

The Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 may make Family Justice Rules —

(a)

to regulate and prescribe the procedure and practice to be followed in the Youth Courts; and

(b)

to provide for any matter relating to any such procedure or practice.(2) The Family Justice Rules may, instead of providing for any matter, refer to any provision made or to be made about that matter by practice directions issued for the time being by the registrar of the Family Justice Courts.(3) All Family Justice Rules made under this section shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.”.

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