Child Act 2001 · Updated to 1 Jul 2023 · Part X · Criminal Procedure in Court for Children
86. Custody of child not discharged on bail after arrest
Feedback & supportIf a child having been arrested and while awaiting trial before a Court For Children is not released under section 84, the
Court For Children
“Court For Children” means the Court For Children constituted under section 11;
Court For Children before whom the child is brought shall cause him to be detained in a place of detention provided under this
place
“place” includes any building, house, office, shop, flat, room or cubicle or part thereof, any open or enclosed space, and any conveyance;
Act until he can be brought before the Court having jurisdiction unless the Court For Children certifies that—
Court
“Court” means the Court For Children or any other Court, as the case may require;
it is impracticable to do so;
he is of so unruly or depraved a character that he cannot be safely so detained; or
by reason of his state of health or of his mental or bodily condition it is inadvisable so to detain him.
Under the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(a),
or (c), the Court For Children shall have the power to order the child to be detained—
in a police station, police cell or police lock-up, separate or apart from adult offenders; or
in a mental hospital, as the case may require.
If an order for detention in a mental hospital is made under subsection (2), Chapter XXXIII of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary.
hospital
“hospital” means any Government hospital or any teaching hospital of a public institution of higher learning, but does not include any part of the Government hospital or teaching hospital of a public institution of higher learning, which are privatized or corporatized; Child 15
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