Section 38A

Where any person below the age of eighteen years is found guilty of an offence against this Act other than an offence under section 6B or 39B or other than in a case where a person is found guilty of an offence against this Act for which the punishment shall be under section 39A, the Court may, if it is satisfied that such person is a drug dependant as certified by a government medical officer or a registered medical practitioner and that it is inexpedient to inflict the punishment provided, deal with such person under section 6 of the

Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 [Act 283].