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Notwithstanding anything contained in this vision 1m res· Act, all proceedings in respect of a child pending in pect o pen· . h d h · h h · " ding eases. any court 10 any area on t e ate on w 1c t is .~ct 1omes in to force in that area, shall be continued in that court as if this Act had not been passed and if the court finds that the child has committed an offence, it shall record such finding and, instead of passing any sentence in respect of the .:hild, forward the child to the Children's Court, which shall pass or:lers in res· pect of that child in accordance with the provisions of this Act as if it had been satisfied _on inquiry under this Act that the child has committed the offence. CHAPTER V PROCEDURE OF COMPETENT AUTHORI- TIES GENERALLY ANV APPEALS AND REVISION FR0\1 ORDERS OF SUCH COURTS <;!' • • of~~~~~,~~d 27 .( l) A Board or Children's Court shall hold its Children's sittings at such place on such day and in such manner, · Court. as may be prescribed. (2) A Magistrate empowered to exercise the powers of a Board or, as the case may be, a Children's Court under sub-section (2) of section 7 shall, while holding any inquiry regarding a child under this Act, as far as practicable, sit in a building or roDm different from that in which the ordinary sittings of civil and criminal courts are held, or on different days or at times different from those at which the ordinary sittings of such courts are held. Persons who 28.( l) Save as provided may b~ pre- shall ht: present at any sent oefore authority e:,cept- competent ' in this Act, no person sitting of a competent authority. (a) any officer of the competent authority, or (b) the parties to the inquiry before the competent authority, the parent or guardian of the child and other persons directly concerned in the inquiry includ- ing police _officers, and ·, 78 (c) such other persons as the competent authority may permit to be present. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub- section (1), if at any stage during an inquiry, a competent authority considers it to be expedient in the interest of the child or on grounds of decency or morality tha~ any person including the Police Officers, legal practitioners, the parent, guardian or the child himself should withdraw, the competent authority may give such directirm, and if any person refuses to comply with such direction, the competent authority may have him removea ai1d may, for this purpose, cause to be used such force as may be n.-;cessary. (3) No legal practitioner shall be entitled to appear before a competent authority in any case or pro- ceeding before it, except with the special per· mission of tha~ authority. Attendance