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(1) If a minor under the age of twelve years is, with respect to the tramway, guilty of any of the acts or omissions mentioned or referred to in any of the foregoing sections, he shall be deemed, notwithstanding anything in Section 77 or Section 78 of the Cochin Penal Code to have committed an offence, and the Court convicting him may, if it thinks fit direct that the minor, if a male, shall be punished with whipping, or may require the father or guardian of the minor to execute, within such time as the Court may fix, a bond binding himself in such a penalty as the Court directs to prevent the minor from being again guilty of any of those acts or omissions. (2) The amount of the bond, if forfeited, shall recoverable by the Courts as if it were a fine imposed by itself. (3) If a father or guardian fails to execute a bond under sub-section (1) within the time fixed by the Court, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.