24E+WFor section 27 of the said Act of 1948 there shall be substituted the following section:—
“27 Remand of persons aged 17 to 20.
(1)Where a court remands a person charged with or convicted of an offence or commits him for trial or sentence and he is not less than seventeen but under twenty-one years old and is not released on bail, then, if the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that a remand centre is available for the reception from the court of persons of his class or description, it shall commit him to a remand centre and, if it has not been so notified, it shall commit him to a prison.
(2)Where a person is committed to a remand centre in pursuance of this section, the centre shall be specified in the warrant and he shall be detained there for the period for which he is remanded or until he is delivered thence in due course of law.
(3)In this section “court” includes a justice; and nothing in this section affects the provisions of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 (which provides for remands to the custody of a constable).”