“juvenile” means a male or female person who is 7 years of age or above and below the age of 16 years;
“manager” includes a director, manager and superintendent or other person having the management or control of any approved school, approved home, remand home, place of detention or place of safety;
“place of detention” means a place provided or appointed by the Minister as a place of detention under section 53(1);
“remand home” means any home or institution or part thereof provided or appointed by the Minister as a remand home under section 51(1) for the detention of juveniles sent there under the provisions of this Act;
“visitor” means a person appointed to be a member of a board of visitors under section 65;
“young person” means a person who is 14 years of age or above and below the age of 16 years.
PART II
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Interpretation
3. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
- “legal guardian”, in relation to a child or young person, means a person lawfully appointed by deed or will or by the order of a competent court to be the guardian of that child or young person;
- “place of safety” means any place or institution appointed or declared to be a place of safety under section 27 or any other suitable place the occupier of which is willing temporarily to receive a child or young person;
- “protector” includes the Director of Social Welfare, Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors of Social Welfare and such other person as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be a protector for the purposes of this Act.
