49. Powers of Youth Court on proof of offence

to discharge the offender;

to discharge the offender upon the offender entering into a bond to be of good behaviour and to comply with such order as may be imposed;

to commit the offender to the care of a relative or other fit person for a period to be specified by the Court;

to order the offender’s parent or guardian to execute a bond to exercise proper care and guardianship and to abide by such order as the Court may make in relation to the welfare, maintenance and rehabilitation of the offender;

to make a probation order requiring the offender to be under the supervision of a probation officer or a volunteer probation officer for a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 3 years;

to make an order, in accordance with the prescribed requirements, requiring the offender to perform community service, not exceeding 240 hours in aggregate, of such nature and at such time and place and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Court;

to order the offender to be detained in a place of detention for a period not exceeding 6 months;

to order the offender to be detained in a place of detention or an approved institution over such number of weekends, not exceeding 26, as the Court thinks fit;

to order the offender to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre for a period of not more than 3 years;

to order the offender to pay a fine, damages or costs;

to deal with the offender, or order the offender to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with, under section 305 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 if —

on the day on which the offender is found guilty of an offence —

the offender has attained 18 years of age;

the offender —

has 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 under paragraph (i) to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre established under section 90; or

the offender —

has attained 14 years of age but is below 18 years of age; and

is, in the opinion of the Youth Court, of so unruly a character that the offender cannot be safely detained in a juvenile rehabilitation centre or a place of detention; and

the Youth Court is satisfied that, having regard to the offender’s character, previous conduct and the circumstances of the offence, to reform the offender and prevent crime, the offender should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre.

to make the orders referred to in subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) singly, or combine, in such manner as it thinks just and expedient in the circumstances —

any 2 or more of the orders referred to in subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (j);

any order under subsection (1)(g) with any one or more of the orders referred to in subsection (1)(d), (e) and (j);

any order under subsection (1)(h) with any one or more of the orders referred to in subsection (1)(c), (d), (e), (f) and (j); or

any order under subsection (1)(i) with any one or more of the orders referred to in subsection (1)(d) and (j); and

without prejudice to paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii), to make an order under subsection (1)(h) to run consecutively to an order under subsection (1)(g).

making any order that the Court is empowered to make under subsection (1);

varying the original order or any condition of the order; or

directing the offender to comply with the original order or any condition of the order to the extent that the original order or condition of the order has not been complied with.

order the person to be transferred to and detained in a juvenile rehabilitation centre or in another juvenile rehabilitation centre (as the case may be) which the Court considers more suitable for him or her and to be detained there for the whole or any part of the unexpired period of detention; or

deal with the person, or order the person to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with, under section 305 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 if the person —

has attained 18 years of age; or

having attained 14 years of age but being 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 under subsection (1)(i) to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre,and the Youth 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, he or she should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre.