of the community or a section thereof;
[amended by Act 23 of 2001, with effect from the 18th January, 2002.]
or
(vi)
upon being satisfied that a training institute will accept the child or
young person, order that the child or young person be placed in that training institute,
which shall be named in the order;
for the period specified in subsection (1) of section twenty-five.
(2) A children’s court which makes an order in terms of subparagraph (ii), (iii) or (iv)
of subsection (1) may also order, at the same or any later time, that the child or young
person shall be placed under the supervision of a probation officer for such period,
not exceeding three years, as the court may determine.
(3) A children’s court which makes an order in terms of subparagraph (ii), (iii), or (iv)
of subsection (1) may order that the child, if he is of or above the age of twelve years,
or the young person shall attend an attendance centre specified in the order on such
days and during such hours as may be stated in the order:
Provided that no child or young person may be ordered to attend such centre for
longer than three hours per week or forty-eight hours in all.
(4) A children’s court which has held an inquiry in terms of section nineteen in
respect of a child or young person may direct that the child or young person shall be
kept in a place of safety or returned to the custody of his parent or guardian until such
court has made an order in respect of that child or young person in terms of
subsection (1) or until any order made thereunder can be put into effect.
(4a) A child or young person who fails to comply with an order in terms of subsection
(3) shall be guilty of an office and liable to a sentence of moderate corporal
punishment, not exceeding six strokes, in accordance with section 353 of the
Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07].
[inserted by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 20th May, 2002.]
(5) Where an order made in terms of subsection (3) is not complied with, the parent
or guardian of the child or young person in respect of whom it was made shall be
guilty of an offence, unless he proves that he has taken all reasonable steps to ensure
compliance with the order, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such
imprisonment.
[amended by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 10th September, 2002.]
(6) Where the parent or guardian of a child or young person in respect of whom an
order has been made in terms of this section changes his place of residence during the
currency of the order, he shall forthwith give notice in writing to the clerk of the
children’s court by which the order was made and shall in that notice state fully and
clearly where the place of residence to which he has removed is situated.
(7) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (6) shall be guilty of an offence
and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[amended by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 10th September, 2002.]
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Adjournment of inquiry
A children’s court which is holding an inquiry in terms of section nineteen may—
(a)
from time to time postpone or adjourn such inquiry for such periods as
it thinks fit;
(b)
order that during any postponement or adjournment of the inquiry the
child or young person concerned shall remain or be placed in a place of safety or that
he shall be returned to the custody of his parents or guardian on such conditions as
the court may fix to ensure the proper care of the child or young person pending the
determination of the inquiry and to ensure the attendance of the child or young person
at any resumption of the inquiry:
Provided that, where the court orders that the child or young person
shall remain or be placed in a place of safety, the court shall not order a postponement
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