CAP. 141 Children [Rev. 2012] 8. Power to require attendance of parent Where a child is charged with any offence or is for any other reason brought before a court, his parent or guardian may in any case, and shall, if he can be found and resides within a reasonable distance, be required to attend at the Court before which the case is heard or determined during all stages of the proceedings, unless the Court is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require such attendance. 9. Bail (1) Where a child is brought before a court and charged with an offence, the Court shall inquire into the case and may release the child on bail on such terms as the Court may deem appropriate. (2) Where bail is not granted the Court shall record the reasons for such refusal and shall inform the child of his right to apply for bail to the High Court. 10. Remand of child when bail is refused to remand home (1) Where a child is not released on bail the Court may make an order remanding the child in custody and shall order him to be detained for the period for which he is remanded to a children’s remand homes: Provided that if there is no children’s remand home within a reasonable distance of the Court, the Court shall make such order as to the child’s safe custody as it deems fit. (2) For the purposes of this section a place of safe custody shall not be a remand home or prison in which adults are detained or remanded. (3) A remand to a children’s remand home under this section may be revoked and the child, if he is over the age of fifteen years ordered to be remanded in a borstal institution, if the child proves to be so unruly a character that he cannot safely be remanded in a children’s remand home or if the child has proved to be of so depraved a character that he is not fit to be so remanded. (4) Remand in custody shall not exceed— (a) six months in the case of an offence punishable by death; or (b) three months in the case of any other offence. (5) A child who escapes from a remand home or other place of safe custody in which he is detained may be arrested with or without warrant and returned to that place. (6) Whenever possible, the Court shall consider alternatives to remand such as close supervision or placement with a counsellor or a fit person determined by the Court on the recommendation of a probation officer or children’s officer. 11. Probation and Children’s Officer’s report (1) If the Court, after a charge has been admitted and proved, is considering making a detention or probation order, a written social background report shall be prepared by a probation officer and a Children’s Officer and shall be taken into account by the Court before making the order. [Issue 1] C15 - 104