25. Amendment of section 72 of the principal enactment

Section 72 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

by the substitution, in subsection (1) of that section, for all the words from “of a young person” to the words “Penal Code,”, of the words “of a child, causes or encourages the commission in respect of such child of any offence under section 345, 360A, 363, 364,

by the substitution, in subsection (2) of that section, for the words “in respect of a child or young person being a female, a person shall, if he has knowingly allowed her to consort with,” of the words “in respect of a child, a person shall, if he has knowingly allowed such child to consort with,”; and

by the substitution, in the marginal note to that section, for the words “of girl under sixteen.”, of the words “of a child.”.