Juvenile Courts. These courts first received statutory recognition by the (English) Children Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 67).
These are now governed by ss. 45 to 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 12). The court must 'sit either in a different building or room from that in which sittings of courts other than juvenile courts are held' [s. 47(2)]. (Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 ss. 45-49)
The general public also are not admitted to these courts, but bona fide representatives of the Press cannot be excluded [s. 47 (2)]. The Second Schedule of the Act governs the constitution of these courts and in the Metropolitan Police Court District, and they are now held in buildings other than police courts, and consist of a police magistrate and two J.P.'s, one of whom must be a woman. See also Juvenile Courts (Constitution) Rules, 1933 (S.R. & O., 1933, No. 647/L. 20), and CHILDREN.
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