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Section 6: Procedure in Juvenile Court

Juvenile Offenders Act

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6. Procedure in Juvenile Court (1) Juvenile Courts shall sit as often as may be necessary for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred on them by or under this Act or any other enactment. (2) A Juvenile Court shall, subject to subsection (3), sit either in a different building or room from that in which sittings of Courts, other than Juvenile Courts, are held, or on different days from those on which sittings of such other Courts are held. (3) No person shall be present at any sitting of a Juvenile Court except— (a) members and officers of the Court; (b) parties to the case before Court, their attorneys, barristers, witnesses and other persons directly concerned in that case; (c) bona fide representatives of the newspapers or news agencies; (d) such other persons as the Court may specially authorise to be present.

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