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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 64 Meaning of young offender

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 64

Meaning of young offender

(1)     In this Chapter—

"young offender" means—

        (a)     a person in relation to whom the Childrens Court has made an order under section 96 (Disposition of young offenders), except an order reprimanding the person or requiring the person to submit to the jurisdiction of the Mental Health Tribunal; or

        (b)     a person who—

              (i)     has committed an offence against a law of a State; and

              (ii)     is under 18 years old, or is under 21 years old and was under 18 years old when the offence was committed; and

        (c)     has been dealt with for the offence under a young offenders law of the State, but is not on remand.

(2)     In this section—

young offenders law", of a State," means a law of the State about the punishment of offenders who are under 18 years old when they commit offences.