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(1)A [F1youth court] sitting for the purpose of hearing a charge against, . . . F2, a person who is believed to be a child or young person may, if it thinks fit to do so, proceed with the hearing and determination of the charge . . . F2 notwithstanding that it is discovered that the person in question is not a child or young person.
F3[(2)The attainment of [F4the age of eighteen] years by . . . F5 a person in whose case an order for conditional discharge has been made, shall not deprive a [F1youth court] of jurisdiction to enforce his attendance and deal with him in respect of . . . F5 the commission of a further offence . . . F5.
(3)When a [F1youth court] has remanded a child or young person for information to be obtained with respect to him, any [F1youth court]acting [F6in the same local justice area]—
(a)may in his absence extend the period for which he is remanded, so, however, that he appears before a court or a justice of the peace at least once in every twenty-one days;
(b)when the required information has been obtained, may deal with him finally;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 a [F1youth court]may sit on any day for the purpose of hearing and determining a charge against a child or young person in respect of an indictable offence.
F9(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 48 substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(a); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
F2Words repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 64, Sch. 5
F3S. 48(2) substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 9
F4Words in s. 48(2) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68, 101(1), Sch. 8 para. 1(2), Sch. 12 para. 22(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F5Words repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6
F6Words in s. 48(3) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 75; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(bb)
F7Words repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 10 Pt. I
F8Words repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (c. 55), s. 132, Sch. 6
F9S. 48(5) repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(3)(f), Sch. 15 Pt. V(1) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(iii)
F10S. 48(6) repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7, Pt. III
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