Section 22: Methods of dealing with juveniles

22. Methods of dealing with juveniles (1) Where a juvenile charged with an offence is tried and convicted by any Court, the Court shall take into consideration the manner in which, under this Act or any other enactment enabling the Court to deal with the case, the case should be dealt with, and may— (a) discharge the offender on his entering into a recognisance; (b) send the offender to a Rehabilitation Youth Centre; (c) order the offender to pay a fine, damages or costs; (d) order the parent or guardian of the offender to pay a fine, damages or costs; (e) order the parent or guardian of the offender to give security for his good behaviour; (f) commit the offender to custody in a place of detention provided under this Act; (g) where the offender is a young person, sentence him to imprisonment; or (h) deal with the case in any other manner in which it may be legally dealt with. (2) (a) Where the Court decides to send the offender to a Rehabilitation Youth Centre, the period of detention to which the offender shall be sentenced shall be not less than 3 years nor more than 5 years. (b) Where the offender is over the age of 13, the maximum period of detention in a Rehabilitation Youth Centre to which he may be sentenced shall not exceed that which might elapse between the date of his conviction and that on which he shall attain the age of 18.