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Criminal Justice Act 2006
141
Substitution of section 149 of Act of 2001.
141.— The following section is substituted for section 149 of the Act of 2001:
“Period of detention in children detention school.
149.— Where a child is found guilty of an offence in the Children Court, any term of detention in a children detention school imposed for the offence shall not be for a period longer than the term of detention or imprisonment which the court could impose on an adult who commits such an offence.”.