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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 97

1964 c.21

97.(1) The probation officer, or other person under whose supervision a child
or young person is placed by a supervision order, may, if it apears necessary
in his interests to do so, at any time while the order remains in force and he
is under the age of eighteen, by complaint made under Part IX of the
Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 bring him before a juvenile
court.

(2) A juvenile court before which a person is brought under subsection (1) may

(a)if it thinks that it is desirable in his interests to do so,

(i)order him to be sent to a training school; or

(ii)commit him to the care of a fit person, whether a relative or not, who is
willing to undertake the care of him; or

(b)order his parent or guardian to enter into a recognizance to exercise
proper care and guardianship;

(3) The provisions of subsection (2) of section 95 shall apply in relation to
a recognizance under subsection (2)(b) as they apply in relation to a
recognizance under subsection (1) of that section.

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