§ 4. A defective subject to be dealt with under this Act otherwise than at the instance of his parent or guardian may be so dealt with—
- (a) under an order made by a judicial authority on a petition presented under this Act; or
- (b) under an order of a court, in the case of a defective found guilty of a criminal offence or liable to be ordered to be sent to an industrial school; or
- (c) under an order of the Secretary of State, in the case of a defective detained in a prison, criminal lunatic asylum, reformatory or industrial school, place of detention, or inebriate reformatory;