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9.(1) Where a court either remands or commits for trial a person under twenty-one years of age who is charged with or convicted of an offence and is not released on bail, then, except as otherwise expressly provided by this section, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say (a)if he is not less than seventeen years of age or if the court certifies as mentioned in paragraph (b) he shall be committed to a remand centre instead of being committed to prison; (b)if he is not less than fourteen but under seventeen years of age, he shall, subject to subsection (3), be committed to a remand home instead of being committed to prison unless the court certifies that he is of so unruly a character that he cannot safely be detained in a remand home or his character is such that he is not fit to be so detained. Subs.(2) rep. by 1980 NI 10 art.4(3) sch.3 (3) Where a person not being less than fourteen but under seventeen years of age is remanded in custody for an inquiry into his physical or mental condition, and the court is satisfied that facilities for such an inquiry during his detention in the remand home to which he would, but for this subsection, have been committed are not provided or otherwise made available under any enactment, then he shall be committed to a remand centre. Ss.1013 rep. by SLR 1980; 1980 NI 10 art.4(3) sch.3. S.14(1)(2) rep. by SLR 1980; subs.(3) rep. by 1980 NI 10 art.4(3) sch.3; subs.(4) spent; subs.(5) rep. by 1980 NI 10 art.4(3) sch.3 Ss.1517 rep. by 1976 NI 14 art.19(3) sch.3 Suspended sentence of imprisonment or order for detention in a young offenders centre.
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