Selection of Probation Officers
5(1)Where the circumstances permit, the court shall nominate a probation officer who is a woman to supervise a female offender.
(2)The court by which a probation order has been made, shall where the probation officer named in the order dies or is unable for any reason to carry out his duties, or where the court for any reason considers it desirable that another probation officer should be nominated in place of the officer named in the order, nominate another probation officer to act under the order.
(3)The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall with any necessary modifications apply to the appropriate court in like manner as they apply to the court by which a probation order was made.