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(1) The court which finds a person to be guilty of an offence of begging Medical offi-under section 4 or section 5, shall, before passing any sentence of his committal Cer beforo to a Certfied Institution, send such person to the Medical Officer incharge committal. of the local civil hospital or to the medical officer attached to the local Work House, if any, and call for a report about his age, physical capacity for ordi nary manual labour and also whether he is suffering from any in fectious or contagious disease. (2) If the medical officer certifies that the said person is not a child, is physically capable of ordinary manual labour and is not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, the court shall pass a sentence for committal of such person to a Work House. (3) If the medical officer reports that the said person is a child or is physically incapable of ordinary manual labour but is not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, the court shall pass a sentence for committal of such person to a Special Home : Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a hild to whom sub-section (9) of section 4 applies. (4) If the medical officer reports that the said person is suffering from any infectious or contagious discase, thc Court shall pass a sentence for committal of such person to a Certified Home, but if there is no such Certified Home for the reception of such persons, the Court may stop further inquiry and relaasa him. 26 PUNJAB GOVT GAZ. (EXTRA), MAY 3, 1971 (VAISAKHA 13, 1893 SAKA) any area in which the East Punjab Children Act, 1949, is in force, the court shall, instead of making any order under sub-section (5) forward the child along with the proceedings to a juvenile court as defined in clause (i) of section 3 of that Act, and the juvenile court may make such further inquiry as it may deem fit and pass such sentence or order for the detention of the child in a certified school or otherwise as it might have passed if the child were a person described in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 8 of that Act and had been originally tried by it under that section. For the purpose of - this sub-section the courf may, if necessary, cause the beggar to be examined V) by a medical officer. Penalty for