5. Amendment of section 15 of the principal enactment

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Section 15 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:–

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section-

(a)

by the substitution for the words “in due course of law:” of the words “in due course.”; and

(b)

by the repeal of the proviso to that subsection;

and

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(2)

by the substitution, in subsection (2) of that section, for the words “in the case of a young person” and

“the young person may be committed to prison.”, of the words “in the case of a child who is above the age of sixteen years” and “such child who is above the age of sixteen years shall be placed in a remand home”, respectively.

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