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"Section57.⁠A child aged above seven years but still not over fourteen years who commits an act which the law prescribes to be an offence shall not be punished, but the court shall have the power to proceed with him in the following manners:

(1)⁠the child may be given admonition or warning and then released, and if the court finds it appropriate, it may summon the father, mother, guardian, or person with whom the child resides to appear and receive warning also; or

(2)if the court finds that the father, mother, or guardian is still able to take care of the child, the court may issue an order entrusting the child to the father, mother, or guardian, laying down an ordinance requiring the father, mother, or guardian to prevent the child from causing an unfavourable incident throughout the time designated by the court, which must not be over three years, and designating an amount of money as may be found appropriate, but not over one thousand baht, which the father, mother, or guardian will have to pay to the court every time the child causes the unfavourable incident;

if the child resides with another person than the father, mother, or guardian, and the court finds that it is not appropriate to summon the father, mother, or guardian to appear and attend the laying down of such an ordinance as said above, the court may summon the person with whom the child resides to appear, and ask him if he would accept an ordinance similar to one prescribed for the father, mother, or guardian as said above;