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YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 26

26—Limitation on Court's power to require bond

        (1)         The Court may not, in the exercise of its power to sentence a youth for an offence, require the youth to enter into a bond.

        (2)         The Court may, however, by order of the Court, impose an obligation of the kind that might otherwise have been imposed under a bond.

        (3)         The obligations imposed under subsection (2) may, for example, include the following:

            (a)         an obligation to submit to supervision as ordered by the Court;

            (b)         an obligation to participate in a specified programme, or to attend a specified activity centre;

            (ba)         an obligation to carry out specified work (whether for the benefit of a victim of the offence or for any other person or body);

            (c)         an obligation to reside where directed by the Court.

        (4)         A person who fails to comply with an obligation imposed under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500 or detention for 6 months (or both).



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