§ There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament such sums on such conditions as the Secretary for Scotland may, with the approval of the Treasury, recommend towards the expenses of any persons detained in certified institutions or placed under guardianship as defectives, including the expenses of removal in the case of any such person ordered to be transferred from one institution or guardian to another:
§ Provided that, unless Parliament otherwise determines, the aggregate amount so paid in any financial year shall not exceed. £20,000, but for the purpose of this limitation there shall be excluded all sums paid towards the expenses of persons sent to such institutions or placed under guardianship—
- (a) by order of the Secretary for Scotland;
- (b) after having been found guilty of an offence, or having been ordered or found liable to be ordered to be sent to an industrial school.
§ Amendments made: After the word "another" ["transferred from one such institution or guardian to another"], insert the words "and towards other expenses incurred by local authorities under this Act."
§ At the beginning of paragraph (b) insert the words "under a judicial order."—[Mr. McKinnon Wood.]