Title : Reformatory Schools
State : Central
Year : 1897
{The words "with the previous sanction of the G.G.in C." rep.by Act 4 of 1914, s.2 and Sch., Pt.I.} The State Government may-- (a) establish and maintain Reformatory Schools at such places as it may think fit ; (b) use as Reformatory Shoals kept by persons willing to act in conformity with such rules consistent whit this Act, as the State Government may prescribe in this behalf ; (c) direct that any school so established or used shall cease to exist as a Reformatory School or to be used as such. Section 6 - Requisites of Schools Every school so established or used must provide-- (a) sufficient means of separating the inmates at night ; (b) proper sanitary arrangements water-supply, food clothing and bedding for the youthful offenders detailed therein ; (c) the means of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power Establish and Discontinue Reformatory Schools.
State : Central
Year : 1897
{The words "with the previous sanction of the G.G.in C." rep.by Act 4 of 1914, s.2 and Sch., Pt.I.} The State Government may-- (a) establish and maintain Reformatory Schools at such places as it may think fit ; (b) use as Reformatory Shoals kept by persons willing to act in conformity with such rules consistent whit this Act, as the State Government may prescribe in this behalf ; (c) direct that any school so established or used shall cease to exist as a Reformatory School or to be used as such. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Requisites of Schools
State : Central
Year : 1897
Every school so established or used must provide-- (a) sufficient means of separating the inmates at night ; (b) proper sanitary arrangements water-supply, food clothing and bedding for the youthful offenders detailed therein ; (c) the means of giving such youthful offenders industrial training ; (d) an infirmary or proper place for the reception of such youthful offenders when sick. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Inspection of Reformatory Schools
State : Central
Year : 1897
(1) Every school intended to be established or used as a Reformatory School shall, before being used as such, be inspected by the Inspector General, ad if he finds that the requirements of section 6 have been complied with, and that, in his opinion, such school is fitted for the reception of such youthful offenders as may be sent there under r this Act, he shall certify to that effect, and such Certificate Shall be published in the1[official Gazette] together with an order of the2[State Government] establishing the school as a Reformatory School or directing that it shall be used as such, and the school shall thereupon be deemed to be a Reformatory School. (2) Every such school shall, from time to time, and at least once in every year, be visited by the said Inspector General, who..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Courts to Direct Youthful Offenders to Be Sent to Reformatory Schools
State : Central
Year : 1897
(1) Whenever any youthful offender is sentenced to transportation or imprisonment, and is, in the judgment of the Court by which he is Sentenced, a proper person to be an inmate of a Reformatory School, the Court may, subject to any rules made by the State Government, direct that, instead of undergoing his sentence, he shall be sent to such a school, and e there detained for a period which shall be not less This part of the section has been amended in Bombay by the Bombay Children Act, 1924 (Bom.13 of 1924), s.4, and in the C.P.by the C.P.Children Act, 1928 (C.P.10 of 1928), s.3.} three or more than seven years. (2) The powers so conferred on the Court by this section shall be exercised only by (a) the High Court, (b) a Court of Session, (c) a District Magistrate, and (d) any..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure Where Magistrate is Not Empowered to Pass an Order Under Section 8
State : Central
Year : 1897
(1) When any Magistrate not empowered to pass an order under the last foregoing section is of opinion that a youthful offender convicted by his is proper person to be an inmate of a Reformatory School, he may, without passing sentence, record such opinion and submit his proceedings and forward the youthful offender to the District Magistrate to whom he is subordinate. (2) The Magistrate to whom the proceedings are so submitted may make such further inquiry (if any) as he may think fit and pass such sentence and order for the detention in a Reformatory School of the youthful offender, or otherwise, as he might have passed if such youthful offender had been originally tired by him. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Magistrates to Direct Boys Under Fifteen Sentenced to Imprisonment to Be Sent to Reformatory Schools
State : Central
Year : 1897
The officer in charge of a prison in which a youthful offender is confined, in execution of a sentence of imprisonment, may bring him, if he has not then attained the age of fifteen years, before the District Magistrate may, if such youthful offender appears to be proper person to be an inmate of a Reformatory School, direct that, instead of undergoing the residue of his sentence, he shall be sent to a Reformatory School, and there detained for a period which shall be subject to the same limitations as are prescribed by or under section 8, with reference to the period of detention thereby authorized. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preliminary Inquiry and Finding as to Age of Youthful Offender
State : Central
Year : 1897
(1) Before directing any youthful offender to be sent to a Reformatory School under section 8, section 9 or section 10, the Court or Magistrate shall inquire into the question of his age and, after taking such evidence (if any) as may be deemed necessary, shall record finding thereon, stating his age as nearly as may be. (2) A similar inquiry shall be made and finding recorded by every Magistrate not empowered to pass an order under section 8 before submitting his proceedings and forwarding the youthful offender to the District Magistrate as required by section 9, sub-section (1). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Government to Determine Reformatory School to Which Such Offenders Shall Be Sent
State : Central
Year : 1897
Every youthful offender directed by a Court or Magistrate to be sent to a Reformatory School shall be sent to such Reformatory School as the State Government may, by general or special order, appoint for the reception of youthful offenders so dealt with by such Court or Magistrate : Provided that, if accommodation in a Reformatory School is not immediately available for such youthful offender, he may be detained in the juvenile ward or such other suitable part of a prison as the State Government may direct (a) until he can be sent to a Reformatory School, or (b) until the term of his original sentence expires, whichever event may fit happen. Should the term of his original sentence first expire, he shall thereupon b released, but, should he be sent to a Reformatory School, then..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Persons Found to Be over Eighteen Years Not to Be Detained in Reformatory Schools
State : Central
Year : 1897
(1) If at any time after a youthful offender has been sent to a Reformatory School it appears t the Committee of Visitors of Board of Management, as the case may be, that the age of such youthful offender has been understated in the order for detention, and that he will attain the age of eighteen years before the expiration of the period for which he has been ordered to be detained, the shall report the case for the orders of the State Government. (2) No person shall be detained in a Reformatory School after he has been found by the State Government to have attained the age of eighteen years. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section