CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 73 Punishment of certain grave crimes.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 73

Punishment of certain grave crimes.

73.(1) Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded against a
person convicted of an offence if it appears to the court that at the time
when the offence was committed he was under the age of eighteen, nor shall any
such person be sentenced to imprisonment for life ..., but in lieu thereof the
court shall sentence him to be detained during the pleasure of the Governor,
and, if so sentenced, he shall be liable to be detained in such place and
under such conditions as the Minister may direct.

(2) Where a child or young person is convicted on indictment of any offence
punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment for fourteen years or
more, not being an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law, and the
court is of opinion that none of the other methods in which the case may
legally be dealt with is suitable, the court may sentence the offender to be
detained for such period as may be specified in the sentence; and where such a
sentence has been passed the child or young person shall, during that period,
notwithstanding anything in the other provisions of this Act, be liable to be
detained in such place and under such conditions as the Minister may direct.

(3) A person detained pursuant to the directions of the Minister under this
section shall, while so detained, be deemed to be in legal custody.

(4) Any person so detained as aforesaid may, at any time, be discharged by
the Minister on licence.

(5) Such a licence may be in such form and may contain such conditions as
the Minister may direct, and may at any time be revoked or varied by
the Minister.

(6) Where such a licence is revoked the person to whom the licence related may
be arrested without warrant by any constable and taken to such place as
the Minister may direct.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 73