16. Amendment of section 14

Section 14 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in the shoulder note, by inserting after the word “order”

the words “placement,”; and

(b)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

by substituting for paragraph (a) the following paragraph:

“(a) the placement or detention of a child in a place of detention, place of refuge, probation hostel, approved school, Henry Gurney

School, approved institution or centre;”;

(ii)

in paragraph (b)—

(A)

by inserting after the words “Social Welfare

Officer” the words “, Protector”; and

(B)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of the paragraph;

(iii)

by substituting for the comma at the end of paragraph (c) the words “; or”;

(iv)

by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph:

“(d) the period of community service order,”;

and

(v)

by substituting for the words “detention, supervision or probation” the words “placement, detention, supervision, probation or community service”.

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