(1) Nothing contained in section 562 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)1or in the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 1958), shall apply to a person convicted of an offence under this Act unless that person is under eighteen years of age.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) of section 9.]
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1. See now the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).