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Amendment of section 155 of Act of 2001.
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142.— Section 155 of the Act of 2001 is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (1) to (3):
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“(1) Where—
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(a) a child is convicted on indictment of an offence and sentenced to detention in a children detention school,
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(b) the period of detention is served initially in such a school,
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(c) the child has attained the age of 18 years before the period of detention has expired,
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the person shall be transferred to a place of detention provided under section 2 of the Act of 1970 or a prison to serve the remainder of the period of detention.
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(2) If, on attaining the age of 18 years, the person—
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(a) is engaged in a particular course of education or in training which is not available in such a place of detention or in a prison, or
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(b) is nearing the end of his or her period of detention in the school,
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the person may continue to be detained in the school beyond that age for a period not exceeding 6 months.
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(3) Notwithstanding any provision in any enactment, no child shall be transferred from a children detention school to a place of detention provided under section 2 of the Act of 1970 or a prison.”,
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(b) by the deletion of subsections (4) and (5), and
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(c) in subsection (6), by the deletion of “in a children detention centre,”.
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