Clause 38

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) An application to a Youth Court under section 49 or 49B, section 49C (read with section 49B) or section 50 (called in this subsection the relevant application) must —

be made in the same manner as an application for a summons is made to a District Court or Magistrate’s Court under the Criminal Procedure Code; and

be dealt with —

as if the relevant application is a complaint for the purposes of that Code; but(ii)in accordance with only such provisions of that Code, and with such provisions of any other written law, as may be prescribed by the Family Justice Rules.(1A) An affidavit sworn for the purposes of an application to a Youth Court under section 49 or 49B, section 49C (read with section 49B) or section 50 may contain statements of information or belief with the sources and grounds of the information or belief.(1B) Any matter relating to the service of summons issued by a Youth Court in connection with any proceedings under section 49 or 49B, section 49C (read with section 49B) or section 50 may be prescribed by the Family Justice Rules.”;

by deleting the words “section 49 or 50” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “section 49 or 49B, section 49C (read with section 49B) or section 50”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) All Family Justice Rules mentioned in this section must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.”.