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Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937
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21 Punishment of vagrants preventing children from receiving education. S
(1)If a person habitually wanders from place to place and takes with him any child who has attained the age of five years, [F1or any young person who has not attained the age at which under the enactments relating to education children cease to be of school age], he shall, unless he proves that the child [F2or young person is not, by being so taken with him, prevented from receiving efficient education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude, be liable on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction to a fine not exceeding [F3level 1 on the standard scale].]
(2)Any constable who finds a person wandering from place to place and taking a child [F1or young person] with him may, if he has reasonable ground for believing that the person is guilty of an offence under this section, apprehend him without a warrant and . . . F4
(3)Without prejudice to the requirements of [F5the M1Education (Scotland) Act 1962], as to school attendance or to proceedings thereunder, this section shall not, during the months of April to September inclusive, apply to any child whose parent or guardian is engaged in a trade or business of such a nature as to require him to travel from place to place, if a certificate has been obtained that the child has made not less than two hundred attendances at a public school during the months of October to March immediately preceding.
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F1Words inserted by Education (Scotland) Act 1945 (c. 37), Sch. 4
F2Words substituted by Education (Scotland) Act 1945 (c. 37), Sch. 4
F3Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289F, 289G
F4Words repealed by Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), s. 95, Sch. 9 Pt. I
F5Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)
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C1S. 21 amended by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), ss. 168, 364
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