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( 1 ) Whoever having been previously detained in a Ceflified Penalty Institution in accordance with' the provisions of section 4 is found begging begging again shall on convicrion be punishable as is hereinaftcr dcrenlio provided in this section. (2) When u person is convicted for the second time thc courl shall order him LO he detuincd in a Gel-ti fled I~~slitution for a period not less than one year and not more than three years. 66 PRBVENTIOK OF BBGliARY [I971 : Haryana Act 9 Powcr n:' court to d m i n dcpendenrs. Report of Medical Officer befta cornmiltal. , , , , . (3) When a person i s convicted for rhe Lhird or subsequent tihc, the court stla11 ordcr hi); in be detained lor a period of five years in the Certified Institution and m:ly crmvert any per%d of such detention, noi exceeding one year, in to a sen tenceor i mprisonrnen t : Provided ha! the total pct-iod,of detention 'and imprisonr~cnt, i f any, shall no; exceed five years. . , , , (i. ( l j ,When the courl has o~.de[.ed [he detention of a bcggai- in a Cenlfied Institution under section 4 or-scction 5, it may after making such inqui~y as it thinks fit, order any person who is wholly dependent on such beggar to be dctaillrd in a ~elfified'lnstitution &r a like ycriod : Provided that before such an orcier is made such dependent or his exen& or gu&-dian,if any, as the case may be, shall be given an opporiunily of showing c a q e &hi it should not be made. , ' . , 0 . , . (2) Where, , , . thz dependent person is a child above the age of five years, the cqurt shall .:onyard him to '[a Board constirutzd under section 3, of the Haryana Chi,ldlmen Act. 1974, for being dealt with under that Act.] -., I . .