Children and Young Persons Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Youth Court
45. Power of other courts to remit juvenile offenders to Youth Court
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Any court by or before which a child or young person is found guilty of an offence may, if it thinks fit, remit the case to a Youth Court.
Where any such case is so remitted, the offender must be brought before a Youth Court accordingly, and the Youth Court may deal with the offender in any way in which it might have dealt with the offender if he or she had been tried and found guilty by the Youth Court.
No appeal lies against an order of remission made under subsection (1) but nothing in this subsection affects any right of appeal against the verdict or finding on which such an order is founded.
A person aggrieved by the order of the Youth Court to which the case is remitted may appeal therefrom to the General Division of the High Court as if the person has been tried by, and had pleaded guilty before, the Youth Court.
A court by which an order remitting a case to a Youth Court is made under this section —
may give such directions as appear to be necessary with respect to the custody of the offender or for the offender’s release on bail until the offender can be brought before a Youth Court; and
must cause to be transmitted to the Youth Court to which the case has been remitted a certificate setting out the nature of the offence and stating that the case has been remitted for the purpose of being dealt with under this section.[40