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Any court, by which a person is convicted of having committed in respect of a child, an offence mentioned in sub-section (1) of section 58, or before which a person is brought for trial for any such offence or by which a person is bound over to keep peace on account of his committing as offence in respect of a child, may direct that the child be produced before a competent authority for making such order as may be proper under sub-section (3) of section 58.