Section 14: Power to order parent to pay fine

14. Power to order parent to pay fine (1) Where a juvenile is convicted of an offence for the commission of which a fine, damages or costs may be imposed, and the Court is of opinion that the case would be best met by the imposition of a fine, damages or costs, whether with or without any other punishment, the Court may, in any case, and shall, where the offender is a juvenile, order that the fine, damages or costs awarded be paid by the parent or guardian of the juvenile instead of by the juvenile, unless the Court is satisfied that the parent or guardian cannot be found or that he has not conduced to the commission of the offence by neglecting to exercise due care of the juvenile. (2) Where a juvenile is convicted of an offence, the Court may order his parent or guardian to give security for his good behaviour. [Issue 1] J6 – 8 Revised Laws of Mauritius (3) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), no order under this section shall be made without giving the parent or guardian an opportunity of being heard. (b) An order under this section may be made against a parent or guardian who, having been required to attend, fails to do so. (4) Any sums ordered to be paid by a parent or guardian under this section, or on forfeiture of any security provided under subsection (2), may be recovered from him by distress or imprisonment in the same manner as if the order has been made on the conviction of the parent or guardian of the offence with which the juvenile or young person was charged. (5) A parent or guardian may appeal against an order under this section to the Supreme Court in accordance with the District and Intermediate Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act, as if the parent or guardian against whom the order was made had been convicted and the order were a sentence passed on his conviction. [S. 14 amended by Act 15 of 1998.]