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- length of time as could be awarded by a District Court in respect of a term of imprisonment, if in the opinion of the Court he is of so unruly a character that he cannot be detained in a place of detention or an approved school; and
- (j) where the offender is a male and has attained the age of 16 years and the Court is satisfied that it is expedient with a view to his reformation that he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, the Court may order him to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with under section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68).
(2) Where a Juvenile Court is satisfied, on the representations of the manager of a place of detention, an approved school or an approved home, that a person ordered to be detained in the place of detention, approved school or approved home is of so unruly a character that he cannot be so detained, the Court may—
- (a) order the person to be transferred to and detained in an approved school or in another approved school, as the case may be, which the Court considers more suitable for him and to be detained there for the whole or any part of the unexpired period of detention;
- (b) where the person is a young person, order the person to be transferred to and detained in a Young Offenders Section for a period not exceeding 6 months;
- (c) on completion of the period of detention in a Young Offenders Section ordered under paragraph (b), and on receipt of a satisfactory report of the person’s conduct from the Director of Prisons, order the person to be sent back to the place of detention, approved school or approved home, from which he had been transferred, to complete the unexpired period for which he had originally been sent to the place of detention, approved school or approved home;
- (d) on completion of the period of detention in a Young Offenders Section ordered under paragraph (b), order the person to be detained for a further period not exceeding 6 months if the Director of Prisons reports that his conduct, during the period of his detention, has been unsatisfactory; or
