Children Act, 1941

Amendment of section 65 of the Principal Act.

11.—(1) Section 65 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion in paragraph (a) of the word “three” and the substitution in lieu thereof of the word “two” and by the deletion in the said paragraph of the word “five” and the substitution in lieu thereof of the word “four”, and the said section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

(2) Where immediately before the commencement of this section a youthful offender is being detained in a reformatory school in pursuance of a detention order, this section shall not operate to shorten the time for which, in accordance with such order, he is to be detained.