(9) 95. No child shall be subject to corporal punishment. Probation and social welfare officer’s report. (1) If the court, after a charge has been admitted or proved, is considering making a detention or probation order, a written social background report shall be prepared by a probation and social welfare officer and shall be taken into account by the court before making the order. (2) The report shall include, among other things, the social and family background, the circumstances in which the child is living and the conditions under which the offence was committed. (3) The court shall ensure that the contents of the report are made known to the child and that a copy of the report is provided for the child or the child’s legal representative. (4) 96. In all other cases, the court may request an oral report. National Rehabilitation Centre for Children and other centres. (1) The Minister shall establish a National Rehabilitation Centre for Children and such other centres as he or she may deem necessary which shall each be a place for the detention, rehabilitation and retraining of children committed there. (2) Pending the establishment of the National Rehabilitation Centre for Children, the school known as Kampiringisa Boys’ Approved School shall be used as the detention centre. (3) 97. The detention centre shall have a separate wing for girls. Committee of visitors; rules governing a centre; assisting escape or preventing return to a centre. (1) The Minister shall appoint fit and proper persons to periodically visit the detained children and inspect the detention centre, and those persons shall be referred to as the “committee of visitors” under this Act. (2) The Minister by statutory instrument shall make rules to govern the management of the detention centre.

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