- (a) the Youth Court shall have all the powers of a District Court exercising criminal jurisdiction; and
- (b) subject to the Children and Young Persons Act, the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) shall apply to the Youth Court and those proceedings with the following modifications:
- (i) except as provided in sub‑paragraph (iii), any reference to a District Court or a State Court shall be read as a reference to a Youth Court;
- (ii) any reference to a District Judge shall be read as a reference to a judge of a Youth Court;
- (iii) any reference to the Registrar of the State Courts shall be read as a reference to the Registrar.
(3) Subject to any other written law, a Youth Court may, either on its own motion or on the application of any person, order any party to any proceedings in a Youth Court to undergo such mediation or counselling, or to participate in such family support programme or activity, as the Youth Court may direct.
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Division 1—Administration
Registry of Family Justice Courts
36.—(1) There shall be an office of the Family Justice Courts called the Registry of the Family Justice Courts, comprising such departments as the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice, may from time to time determine.
(2) The Registry shall be under the control and supervision of the registrar of the Family Justice Courts.
(3) The Registry shall be open on every day of the year except on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
