Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, no court shall sentence a child to death or transportation or imotisonment, for any. term or commit him to prison in default of (payment of fine : ‘Provided that where a chiid who‘ has attained the age of tiourteen years has committed 'an offence and the Juvenile court is satisfied that the offence committed is of so serious at nature or that his conduct and behaviour have been such that it would not be: inmhis interest or in ‘the interest of other children in a special ”school ‘to send him to such Special school and that none of the other measures provided under this Act is suitable or sufficient, the children’s ' court may order the delinquent child to be kept in safe custody in such, place and manner as it thinks fit and shall report the case for the orders of the State Government. (2): On receipt of a report from a children’s court under sub- section (1);»thev-State Government may make such arrangement in Remand or committal to custody. Information to parent or guardian or probation officer. Attendance in court of parent ‘ of chiid. S enience that may not”'be passed on child. 16 reapect of the child as he deems proper and may order such delin quent child to beadetained at such place and on such conditio: as it thinks fit: , 2 Provided that the period of detention so ordered- shall not exceei the maximum period of imprisonment to which the child could has“ No procw been sentenced for the offence committed. , ding under