CHILDREN (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 1987 - SECT 20
Remission of persons to the Children's Court for punishment
CHILDREN (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 1987 - SECT 20
Remission of persons to the Children's Court for punishment
20 Remission of persons to the Children's Court for punishment
(1) A court may remit a person to whom this Division applies to the Children's
Court, in respect of any indictable offence other than a serious children's
indictable offence, so as to enable the Children's Court to impose a penalty
on the person with respect to the offence, but may do so only in respect of a
person who is under the age of 21 years.
(2) A court that remits a person
under this section--
(a) may, subject to the Bail Act 2013 , commit the
person to custody until the person can appear or be brought before the
Children's Court, and
(b) shall cause to be sent to the Registrar of the
Children's Court a certificate that--
(i) sets out the nature of the offence,
and
(ii) states that the person has been found guilty of the offence and is
being remitted to the Children's Court under this section.
(3) The Children's
Court may deal with a person who has been remitted to it in respect of an
offence in any way in which it could have dealt with the person had the person
been tried and found guilty of the offence by the Children's Court.
