(1) When a child is found guilty of an offence before a court, the court
may—
(a) reprimand the child; or
(b) order the child to be of good
behaviour for a period not longer than 1 year; or
(c) order the child to pay
a fine of an amount prescribed under an Act in relation to the offence; or
(d) subject to subsection (2) , order the child to be placed on probation for
a period not longer than—
(i) if the court is not constituted by a judge—1
year; or
(ii) if the court is constituted by a judge and section 176does not
apply—2 years; or
(da) if a restorative justice agreement is made as a
consequence of a presentence referral relating to the child—order the child
to perform his or her obligations under the agreement; or
(db) order that the
child participate in a restorative justice process as directed by the chief
executive; or
(e) subject to subsection (2) , if the child has attained the
age of 13 years at the time of sentence—order the child to perform unpaid
community service for a period not longer than—
(i) if the child has not
attained the age of 15 years at the time of sentence—100 hours; or
(ii) if
the child has attained the age of 15 years at the time of sentence—200
hours; or
(f) if the child has not attained the age of 13 years at the time
of sentence, make an intensive supervision order for the child for a period of
not more than 6 months; or
(g) order that the child be detained for a period
not more than—
(i) if the court is not constituted by a judge—1 year; or
(ii) if the court is constituted by a judge and section 176does not
apply—the shorter period of the following—
(A) half the maximum term of
imprisonment that an adult convicted of the offence could be ordered to serve;
(B) 5 years.
(2) An order of the following type may only be made against a
child found guilty of an offence of a type that, if committed by an adult,
would make the adult liable to imprisonment—
(a) a probation order under
subsection (1) (d) ;
(b) a community service order;
(c) an intensive
supervision order.
(2A) For subsection (1) (db) , the offence the child is
found guilty of is taken to be referred by the court to the chief executive
for a restorative justice process.
(3) A court may make an order for a
child’s detention under subsection (1) (g) with or without a conditional
release order under section 220.
