Children Act, 1941

Extension of detention in industrial school.

12.—(1) The Minister may direct that the time for which any child shall be detained in an industrial school under a detention order shall be extended, to such extent as the Minister thinks proper, for the purpose of the completion by such child of any course of education or training and thereupon such detention order shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 65 of the Principal Act, have effect as if altered so as to conform with the terms of such direction and such child shall be detained accordingly.

(2) The Minister shall not give a direction under this section save with the consent of the parents, surviving parent, mother (in the case of an illegitimate child), or guardian of the child to whom such direction relates.

(3) The Minister shall not give a direction under this section having the effect of extending the detention of the child to whom such direction relates beyond the time when such child will, in the opinion of the Minister, attain the age of seventeen years.