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Application of Part II.
47. The provisions of this Part shall have effect in respect of criminal proceedings notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, the Primary Courts' Procedure Act, or any other written law; but such provisions of that Code, of those Acts and of such other law as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Part shall continue to apply in respect of such proceedings. PART III
REMAND HOMES, APPROVED SCHOOLS,CERTIFIED SCHOOLS AND PERSONS TO WHOSE CARE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS MAY BE COMMITTED REMAND HOMES Establishment of remand homes, and appointment of Visitors.
48. (1) The Minister may by Order published in the Gazette establish one or more remand homes for the purposes of this Ordinance. (2) The Minister may appoint one or more persons by name or by office to be Visitors to any remand home established under subsection (1).
Provisions as to custody of children and young persons a remand home
49. (1) Where a child or young person is committed to custody in a remand home, the order shall be delivered with the child or young person to the person in charge of the home and shall be sufficient authority form the detention of that child or young person in the home in accordance with the tenor of the order. (2) A child or young person while so detained and while being conveyed to and from the remand home shall be deemed to be in lawful custody. (3) A child or young person who escapes from a remand home may be apprehended without warrant and brought back thereto; and any person who knowingly assists or induces a child or young person so to escape or knowingly harbours or conceals a child or young person who has so escaped, or prevents him from returning, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
APPROVED SCHOOLS
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