(3) A person who knowingly assists or induces a child to escape or knowingly harbours or conceals a child who has escaped or prevents the child from returning to the detention centre commits an offence and shall be dealt with in accordance with this Act. 98. Aftercare. Before a child is released from detention, the probation and social welfare office and the authorities in the detention centre shall discuss the period of aftercare with the child, but in all circumstances it shall not exceed twelve months after the child’s release from detention. 99. Duration of cases. (1) Every case shall be handled expeditiously and without unnecessary delay. (2) Where the case of a child appearing before a family and children court is not completed within three months after the child’s plea has been taken, the case shall be dismissed, and the child shall not be liable to any further proceedings for the same offence. (3) Where, owing to its seriousness, a case is heard by a court superior to the family and children court, the maximum period of remand for a child shall be six months, after which the child shall be released on bail. (4) Where a case to which subsection (3) applies is not completed within twelve months after the plea has been taken, the case shall be dismissed and the child shall be discharged and shall not be liable to any further proceedings for the same offence. 100. Remission of cases. (1) Where it appears to a court other than a family and children court, that a person charged before it with an offence is a child, the court shall remit the case to a family and children court. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply where a child is charged with an offence punishable by death or the child is jointly charged with an adult.