(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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