Section 62

A court remanding a child or young person who is not released on bail shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, instead of remanding him in custody in a prison, remand him in custody in a remand home named in the order of remand for the period for which he is remanded or until he is delivered therefrom in due course of law.

A court committing for trial a child or young person who is not released on bail shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, instead of committing him to prison, commit him to a remand home, to be remanded there for the period for which he is committed or until he is delivered therefrom in due course of law.

Notwithstanding subsection (1), any person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court who has attained the age of 18 years but has not attained the age of 19 years may be remanded at a remand home.

Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), in the case of a young person it shall not be obligatory for the court to remand him in or commit him to a remand home under either of those subsections if the court considers that it is impracticable to do so, or that he is of so unruly a character that he cannot safely be so remanded or committed, and in that case the court may remand him in custody in, or may commit him to, a prison.

An order of remand or committal under this section may be varied or, in the case of a young person who proves to be of so unruly a character that he cannot safely be remanded in a remand home, revoked by any court and if it is revoked he may be remanded in custody in, or committed to, a prison.

The order in pursuance of which a child or young person is committed to custody in a remand home shall be delivered with the child or young person to the manager of the remand home and shall be sufficient authority for his remand in that place in accordance with the tenor thereof.

A child or young person while so remanded, and while being conveyed to and from the remand home, shall be deemed to be in lawful custody, and if he escapes may be apprehended without warrant and brought back to the remand home in which he was remanded.

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