[Rev. 2012] Children CAP. 141 (2) A child apprehended under this section shall be placed in separate facilities from a child offenders’ facilities. (3) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, those of the Penal Code (Cap. 63) in relation to offences involving children, or the Employment Act (Cap. 226) in relation to safeguards for working children. 120. Proceedings in respect of children in need of care and protection (1) Any person who has reasonable cause to believe that a child is in need of care and protection may report the matter to the nearest authorised officer. (2) Any child in need of care and protection may take refuge in a place of safety. (3) Any authorised officer may take to a place of safety any child who is about to be brought before a court as being in need of care and protection, and a child so taken to a place of safety, or who has taken refuge in a place of safety, may be accommodated there until he can be brought before a court. (4) Any authorised officer having reasonable grounds for believing that a child is in need of care and protection may apprehend him without warrant, and in such a case shall without delay bring him before a Children’s Court; and a children’s officer shall bring before a court any child who appears to such officer to be in need of care and protection unless proceedings are about to be taken by any other person. (5) Where an application is to be made to a court for an order under section 125 of this Act and the child is not in a place of safety, the court may issue a summons requiring him to be brought before the court, and thereupon the provisions of subsection (3) of that section shall apply for enabling the court to make an interim order for the temporary accommodation of the child in a place of safety or for his temporary committal to the care of a fit person. (6) Where a court makes an order under subsection (5) it may make such other orders as it deems necessary for the establishment of contact between the child and his parent, or between the child and any person who has parental responsibility for him and for the enforcement of the order. (7) Where a child is taken to a place of safety by an authorised officer without reference to the court, the parent or guardian or any person who has parental responsibility in respect of the child may apply to the Director for the release of the child from the place of safety into his care: Provided that if the Director refuses an application under this subsection he shall notify the applicant in writing of the decision and the reasons therefor. (8) Any applicant who is aggrieved by the decision of the Director under subsection (6) may apply to the court for the discharge of the child from the place of safety concerned into the care of such applicant. (9) Where under the provisions of this section a child is taken to or ordered to be taken to a place of safety, the person who so takes him or, as the case may be, the person bringing him before the court, shall forthwith send a notice to the C15 - 55 [Issue 1]