Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2022 · As enacted
7. Replacement of section 23 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 23 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor: -
23. (1) A child shall not be ordered to be imprisoned for any offence or be committed to prison in default of payment of a fine.
In the case of a child who has attained the age of sixteen years or above, where the probation officer is of the opinion that such child is so unruly a character and cannot be detained in a remand home or certified school or if such child is of so depraved a character that such child is not a fit person to be so detained, the court shall direct the probation officer to cause a psychological assessment to be made of such child by the medical experts and report to court.
Where the report of a psychological assessment referred to in subsection (2)
confirms that the child is not fit to be detained in a remand home, the court shall order such child to be detained in a training school for
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youthful offenders, notwithstanding the provisions relating to age and the period of detention specified in the Youthful Offenders
(Training Schools) Ordinance (Chapter 25).”.