§ (1) On the conviction by a Court of competent jurisdiction of any person of any offence punishable with penal servitude or imprisonment, or on a child brought before a Court under Section fifty-eight of the Children Act, 1908, being found liable to be sent to an industrial school, the Court, if satisfied on medical evidence that he is a. defective within the meaning of this Act, may either—
§ (2) The Court may act either on the evidence given during the trial, or may call for further medical or other evidence.
§ (3) Where the Court so directs a petition to be presented against a person, it may order him to be detained in an institution for defectives or in a place of safety for such time as is required for the presentation of the petition.
§ Lords Amendments:—
§ In Sub-section (1), after the word "any" ["any offence punishable with penal servitude"], insert the word "criminal."
§ After the word "punishable," insert the words "in the case of an adult."
§ In Sub-section (2), after the word "trial," insert the words" or other proceedings."
§ In Sub-section (3), at the end, insert the words "and the adjudication thereof."
§ Lords Amendments agreed to.