RESTRICTION ON PROSECUTION OF CHILDREN FOR OFFENCES (Hansard, 17 July 1968)

§ Mr. Millan

I beg to move Amendment No. 21, in page 20, line 1, leave out subsection (2) and insert: (2) The case of any child liable to prosecution in respect of any act committed or omission made, but against whom proceedings have not been instituted before the commencement of this Act, shall be dealt with in accordance with the law as in force after the said commencement. This is largely a drafting Amendment. It clarifies the position of children who have committed offences but against whom proceedings have not been instituted at the date when Clause 31 comes into operation. It provides that they must then be dealt with in accordance with the law as it will be after Clause 31 comes into operation.