Section 281 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,
No. 15 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution for the words, “appears to the court to be under the age of eighteen years,” of the words “is under the age of eighteen years, at the time of the commission of such offence by such person,”.
Section 286 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words and figures, “In this section and in section 288 the expression” of the words
Section 288 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:–
288. When any person has been sentenced under section 53 of the Penal Code
(Chapter 19), such person shall be detained in an institution established under any written law for the detention of persons under the age of eighteen years, for a period specified in the sentence and subject to the provisions of such written law.”.