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Start Free TrialReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Part II
Title: Reformatory Schools
State: Central
Year: 1897
.....Preliminary inquiry and finding as to age of youthful offender (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). Section 12 - Government to determine Reformatory School to which such offenders shall be sent 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.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Part III
Title: Management of Reformatory Schools
State: Central
Year: 1897
.....of a Reformatory School shall be deemed to be the guardian of every youthful offender detained in such school, within the meaning of{The Apprentices Act, 1850.} Act No.19 of 1850 (concerning the binding of apprentices.). (2) It if appears to the Superintendent that any youthful offender licensed under section 18 has behaved well during one or more periods of his license, the Superintendent may, with the sanction the Committee, apprentice him under the provision of the said Act, and on such apprenticement the right to detain such youthful offender in a Reformatory School shall cease and the unexpired term (if any) of his sentence shall be cancelled. Power to apprentice). Section 23 - Duties of Committee of Visitors (1) Every Committee of Visitors appointed under section 17 for a Reformatory School shall, at least once in every month, (a) visit the school, to hear complaints and se that the requirements of section 6 have been complied with, and that the management of the school is proper in all respects ; (b) examine the punishment-book ; (c) bring any special cases to the notice of the Inspector General ; and (d) see that no person is illegally detained in the.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Complete Act
Title: Reformatory Schools Act, 1897
State: Central
Year: 1897
.....Courts to direct youthful offenders to be sent to Reformatory Schools Section9 - Procedure where Magistrate is not empowered to pass an order under section 8 Section10 - Power of Magistrates to direct boys under fifteen sentenced to imprisonment to be sent to Reformatory Schools Section11 - Preliminary inquiry and finding as to age of youthful offender Section12 - Government to determine Reformatory School to which such offenders shall be sent Section13 - Persons found to be over eighteen years not to be detained in Reformatory Schools Section14 - Discharge or removal by order of Government Section15 - Agreement between States Section16 - Certain orders not subject to appeal or revision Part III Section17 - Appointment of Superintendent and committee of Visitors or board of Management Section18 - Superintendent may license youthful offenders to employers of about Section19 - Cancellation of license Section20 - Determination of license Section21 - Cancellation of license in case of ill-treatment Section22 - Superintendent to be deemed guardian of youthful offenders Section23 - Duties of Committee of Visitors Section24 - Powers of Board of Management Section25 -.....
List Judgments citing this sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Section 12
Title: 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 the period of detention previously undergone shall be treated as dentition in a Reformatory School.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Part IV
Title: Offence in Relation to Reformatory
State: Central
Year: 1897
.....under order of detention therein, any prohibited article. And every officer or person in charge of a Reformatory School who, contrary to any such rule, knowingly suffers any such article to be introduced into or removed form any Reformatory School, to be possessed by any youthful offender detained therein, or to be supplied to any such youthful offender outside its limits, and whoever, contrary to any such rule, communicates or attempts to communicate with any such youthful offender, and whoever abets any offence made punishable under this section, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, or to both. Section 28 - Penalty for abetting escape of youthful offender Whoever abets an escape, or an attempt to escape, on the part of a youthful offender from a Reformatory School, or from the employer of such youthful offender, shall be publishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, or with both. Section 29 - Arrest if escaped youthful offender A Police-officer may, without orders form a.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Preamble 1
Title: Reformatory Schools Act, 1897
State: Central
Year: 1897
THE REFORMATORY SCHOOLS ACT, 1897 [Act, No. 8 of 1897] [AS ON 1957] [11th March, 1897] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the law relating to Reformatory Schools and to make further provisions for dealing with youthful offenders. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to Reformatory Schools and to make further provision for dealing with youthful offenders ; It is hereby enacted as follows :--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Section 5
Title: 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 sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Section 7
Title: 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 shall send to the State Government a repot on the condition of the school in such form as the State Government may prescribe. ______________________ 1. Substituted for 'Gazette of India' by A.O 1937. 2. Substituted for " Provincial Government " by A.L.O. 1950.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Section 8
Title: Power of Courts to Direct Youthful Offenders to Be Sent to Reformatory Schools
State: Central
Year: 1897
.....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 Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government is this behalf, and may be exercised by such Courts whether the case comes before them originally or on appeal. (3) The State Government may make rules for {For rules made under this clause by the Punjab Government, see Punjab Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 2nd October, 1903, p.3.} (a) defining what youthful offenders should be sent to Reformatory Schools, having regard to the nature of their offences or other considerations, (b) regulating the periods for which youthful offenders may be sent to such schools according to their ages or other considerations. {For rules regulating the period for which youthful offenders may be sent to Reformatories, see different local R.and O.}
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionReformatory Schools Act, 1897 Section 10
Title: 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.
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