Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07]. [amended by Act 23 of 2001, with effect from the 18th January, 2002.] (7) If the parent or guardian of a minor in respect of whom an order of transfer 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 Director and shall in that notice state fully and clearly where the place of residence to which he has removed is situated. (8) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (7) shall be guilty of an offence. 39 Admission of children and young persons from foreign states to certified institutions (1) The Minister may authorize the admission to any certified institution, subject to acceptance by the management of such certified institution, of any child or young person committed thereto by any competent court or officer of any foreign state. (2) The relevant provisions of this Act and of the regulations made thereunder shall apply to any child or young person received into or detained in a certified institution in terms of subsection (1). 40 Reception in training institutes of juveniles from foreign states (1) The President may enter into an agreement with the head of the government of any foreign state for the reception into and retention in any training institute of any person under the age of twenty-one years whose detention in a training institute has been ordered by a competent court of the said state according to the law in force therein. (2) The Minister may direct the reception and detention in a training institute of any person under the age of twenty-one years whose detention in a training institute has been ordered by a competent court of a state with the head of whose government the President has entered into an agreement in terms of subsection (1). (3) The relevant provisions of this Act and of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall apply to a person received into or detained in a training institute in terms of this section as if he had been sent to that training institute in terms of section 351 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07]: Provided that in connection with any such person the application of those provisions shall be subject to the following qualifications— (a) the Minister shall not transfer such a person in terms of section thirtyeight except to another training institute; (b) subject to the agreement, if any, by virtue whereof such a person was received into a training institute, the Minister need not consult the management of that training institute in terms of the proviso to section thirty-seven before discharging that person therefrom; (c) the management of the training institute in which such a person is detained shall not release him on licence in terms of subsection (1) of section thirtythree; (d) subsection (3) of section 352 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall not apply to such a person. 41 Transfer of persons to institutions outside Zimbabwe (1) The President may enter into an agreement with the government of any country for the reception and detention in any institution in that country of children, young persons or other persons who have been ordered by a competent court in Zimbabwe, or by the Minister in terms of section thirty-eight, to be placed in an institution outside Zimbabwe. (2) Subject to this Act and any other enactment, a person whom a competent court or the Minister has ordered to be placed in an institution outside Zimbabwe in accordance with an agreement made in terms of subsection (1) may be removed to and detained in that institution in accordance with the law of the foreign country concerned. (3) Any person who is in the course of removal to an institution outside Zimbabwe in

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