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Information to parent or guardian or probation officer - Where a child is arrested, the officer-in-charge of the police station to which the child is brought shall, as soon as may be, after the arrest inform – (a) the parent or guardian of the child, if he can be found on such arrest and direct him to be present at the juvenile court before which the child will appear; and (b) the probation officer and the officer-in-charge of an observation home, of such arrest in order to enable the probation officer and the officer-in-charge of the observation home to proceed forthwith to obtain information regarding the antecedents and family history of the child and other material circumstances likely to assist the competent court in making the inquiry regarding the child.