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Substituted by the Madras Repealing and Amending Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIV of 1951) and the words “the Chief Presidency or other salaried Presidency Magistrate or” were omitted by the Andhra Adaptation of Laws (Amendment) Order, 1954. Preliminary inquiry and finding as to age of adolescent offender. Government to determine the Borstal school to which adolescent offender shall be sent. 8 [Act No.V of 1926] part of a prison as the State Government may direct until he can be sent to a Borstal school. The period of detention so undergone shall be treated as detention in a Borstal school.