Malaysia legislation
Section 67
Section 67
When a child can be sent to approved school
(a)
a child is found guilty of any offence other than grave crimes;
(b)
the probation report submitted to the Court For Children shows that the child is in need of institutional rehabilitation;
and
(c)
it appears to the Court For Children that although the offence committed is not serious in nature but it is expedient that the child be subject to detention for such term and under such instruction and discipline as appears most conducive to his reformation, the Court For Children shall, after considering the probation report, send the child to an approved school.
(2)
If a Court For Children orders a child to be sent to an approved school, the order shall be an authority for his detention in that approved school for a period of three years from the date of the order.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (2) the Board of Visitors of the approved school to which a child is sent may, in their discretion—
(a)
shorten the period of detention for reasons which appear to them to be sufficient; or
(b)
permit any such child to be released for such period and upon such conditions as they may deem fit to impose.
(4)
A child shall not be permitted to be released from an approved school under paragraph (3)(b) during the first twelve months of the period of detention without the consent in writing of the Minister.
WJW22/0178 BI.indd 85 04/08/2023 3:33 PM
Approved school order to be delivered to the authority, etc., who conveys child to the school