Section 90
of Children and Young Persons Act
Section 90
(1)
When an order has been made by a Juvenile Court committing a child or young person to the care of a fit person or sending him to an approved school, an approved home, a place of detention or a place of safety, it may, at the same time or subsequently, make an order (in this section referred to as a contribution order) on the guardian or person having the custody of the child or young person requiring him to contribute such weekly or monthly sum as the Court, having regard to the means of the guardian or that person, thinks fit.
(2)
An order made under subsection (1) may be made against the guardian or person having the custody of the child or young person who, having been required to attend, has failed to do so.
(3)
Subject to subsection (2), no such order shall be made without giving the guardian or person having the custody of the child or young person an opportunity to be heard.
(4)
A contribution order shall remain in force —
(a)
in the case of a child or young person committed to the care of a fit person, so long as the order for his committal is in force,
(b)
in the case of a child or young person ordered to be sent to an approved school, an approved home, a place of detention or a place of safety, until he ceases to be under the care of the person in charge for the time being of such approved school, approved home, place of detention or place of safety.
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(5)
No contribution shall be payable under a contribution order in respect of any period during which a person ordered to be sent to an approved school, an approved home, a place of detention or a place of safety is released on licence from an approved school or approved home or placed under the supervision of a Community Development officer.
(6)
A contribution order made under this section —
(a)
may be varied, revoked or suspended by the Juvenile Court;
and
(b)
shall not be so varied as to increase any contribution payable thereunder without giving the person liable to make the contribution an opportunity to be heard.
(7)
If any person wilfully neglects to comply with a contribution order, the Juvenile Court may, for every breach of the order, direct the amount due to be levied in the manner provided by law for levying fines imposed by a Court of a Magistrate, or may sentence that person to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month for each month’s contribution remaining unpaid.