Clause 59

by deleting the words “16 years” in sections 281(1)(a) and (9) and 281A(1)(a) and substituting in each case the words “18 years”; and

by deleting subsection (1) of section 305 and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Where a person is convicted by a court of an offence punishable with imprisonment, the court may impose a sentence of reformative training in lieu of any other sentence if on the day of the person’s conviction —

the person has attained 18 years of age but is below 21 years of age;

both of the following conditions are satisfied:

the person, having attained 14 years of age but is below 18 years of age, has previously been dealt with by a court in connection with another offence and had, in respect of that other offence, been ordered to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre established under section 64 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38);

the court is satisfied, having regard to the person’s character, previous conduct and the circumstances of the offence, that to reform the person and to prevent crime, the person should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre; or

the person has attained 14 years of age but is below 18 years of age, and a court is of the opinion that the person is of so unruly a character that he cannot be safely detained in a juvenile rehabilitation centre or a place of detention.”.