|
|
Offences and penalties.
|
5.—(1) If any person employs a child or other person under the age of sixteen in contravention of this Act or of any byelaw under this Act, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding forty shillings or, in case of a second or subsequent offence, not exceeding five pounds.
|
|
| |
(2) If any parent or guardian of a child or other person under the age of sixteen has conduced to the commission of the alleged offence by wilful default, or by habitually neglecting to exercise due care, he shall be liable on summary conviction to the like fine.
|
|
| |
(3) If any person under the age of sixteen contravenes the provisions of any byelaw as to street trading made under this Act, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty shillings and, in case of a second or subsequent offence, if a child, to be sent to an industrial school and, if not a child, to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
|
|
| |
(4) In lieu of ordering a child to be sent under this section to an industrial school, a court of summary jurisdiction may order the child to be taken out of the charge or control of the person who actually has the charge or control of the child, and to be committed to the charge and control of some fit person who is willing to undertake the same, until such child reaches the age of sixteen years: And the provisions of sections seven and eight of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1894, shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to any order for the disposal of a child made under this sub-section.
|
