Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2022 · As enacted
21. Insertion of new section 51A in the principal enactment
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 51 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 51A of the principal enactment:-
51A. (1) In every approved or certified school, there shall be-
a “primary section” in which children who have not attained the age of fifteen years shall be detained; and
a “secondary section” in which children who have attained the age of fifteen years but not attained the age of eighteen years shall be detained.
Where-
a Magistrate makes an order under section 26; or
the Minister makes an Order under section 32, committing a child to an approved or certified school, such order under section 26 or order under section 32 shall, at the time of commitment, specify whether the child should be committed to the primary section or the secondary section of such school, depending on the age of the child:
Provided however, the manager of such school shall transfer a child who is in the primary section, to the secondary section upon such child reaching the age of fifteen years.”.
“Every new approved or certified school to have primary and secondary sections
Act, No. 39 of 2022