Section 14A
Reformative training
(1)
Where a person is convicted by the Intermediate Courts or the
High Court of an offence punishable with imprisonment and that person -
(a)
is, on the day of his conviction, above the age of 18
years and under the age of 2 1 years: or
(8)
is, on the day of his conviction, above the age of 14
years and under the age of 18 years, prior to his conviction, been
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Young Persons Act (Chapter 219), and the Court is satisfied, having regard to his character and previous conduct and to the circumstances of the offence of which he is convicted, that it is expedient with a view to his reformation and the prevention of crime that he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, that Court may, in lieu of any other sentence, pass a sentence of reformative training.
(2)
Where a person is convicted by a Court of a Magistrate of an offence punishable with imprisonment and that person -
(a)
is, on the day of his conviction, above the age of 18 and under the age of 2 1 ; or
(b)
is, on the day of his conviction, above the age of 14 and under the age of 18 and has, prior to his conviction, been dealt with by a Court in connection with another offence and had, in respect of that other offence, been ordered to be sent to an approved school established under section 61 of the Children and
Young Persons Act (Chapter 219), and the Court of a Magistrate is satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (I), the Court may commit him in custody for sentence to the
High Court.
(3)
Where a person is so committed for sentence, the High Court shall inquire into the circumstances of the case and may -
(a)
if satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (I), sentence him to reformative training; or
(b)
in any other case, deal with him in any manner in which the Court of a Magistrate might have dealt with him.
(4)
Where a person has been ordered by a Juvenile Court under the Children and Young Persons Act (Chapter 219) to be brought before a
High Court, the High Court shall inquire into the circumstances of the case and may -
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(a)
if satisfied that it is expedient with a view to his reformation that he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, sentence him to reformative training;
or
(b)
in any other case, deal with him in any manner in which the Juvenile Court might have dealt with him.
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(5)
Before a sentence of reformative training is passed under this section, and before a person is committed for sentence under subsection (2), the Court shall consider any report or representations made by or on behalf of the Director of Prisons on the offender's physical and mental condition and his suitability for the sentence; and if the Court has not received such a report or representations it shall remand the offender in custody for such a period or periods, not exceeding 3 weeks in the case of any single period, as the Court thinks necessary to enable the report or representations to be made.
(6)
A copy of any report or representation made to the Court by the Director of Prisons for the purposes of subsection (5) shall be given by the Court to the offender or his legal representative.
(7)
A person sentenced to reformative training shall be detained subject to his release in accordance with Schedule 3 and while so detained shall be treated in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under section 384.