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Where a child is arrested, the ofiicer 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, of such arrest and‘direct him to be present at the Juvenile court before which the child Will appear ; and (b) the probation officer of such atreSt in order to enabie him to obtain information regarding the antecedents and family history of the child and other material circumstances likely to be of assistance to the J uvemie Court for making the inquiry.