Children Act, 1941

Amendment of section 72 of the Principal Act.

18.—Section 72 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:—

(a) by the insertion in sub-section (1) before the words “may (any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding)” of the words “may be then brought back to the reformatory school or”;

(b) by the deletion in sub-section (1) of the word “sixteen” and the substitution of the word “seventeen” in lieu of the word so deleted, and

(c) by the insertion in sub-section (2) before the words “may (any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding)” of the words “may be brought back to the school or”.