Section 13: Attendance of parent

13. Attendance of parent (1) Where a juvenile is charged with an offence or is for any other reason brought before a Court, his parent or guardian may in any case and shall, where he can be found and where he resides within a reasonable distance, be required to attend at the Court before which the case is heard or determined during all stages of the proceedings unless the Court is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require his attendance. (2) Where a juvenile is arrested, the police officer by whom he is arrested, or the officer in charge of the police station to which he is brought, as the case may be, shall cause the parent or guardian of the juvenile where he can be found, to be warned to attend at the Court before which the juvenile will appear. (3) For the purpose of enforcing the attendance of a parent or guardian and enabling him to take part in the proceedings and enabling orders to be made against him, the Court before which the juvenile is brought may issue a summons to his parent or guardian directing him to appear before it at a time and place specified, and, where the parent or guardian fails to appear in obedience to the summons, the Court may issue a warrant for his arrest. (4) (a) The parent or guardian whose attendance is required under this section shall be the parent or guardian having the actual possession and control of the juvenile. (b) Where the person having the actual possession and control of the juvenile is not one of the parents, the attendance of one or both parents may also be required. (5) The attendance of the parent of a juvenile shall not be required under this section where the juvenile was, before the institution of the proceedings, removed from the custody or charge of his parent by an order of a Court.