Children and Young Persons Act 1963
Part I Care and Control of Children and Young Persons
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Children and young persons in need of care, protection or control
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3 Children and young persons beyond control.
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Juvenile courts and proceedings in connection with children and young persons
16 Offences committed by children.
17 Constitution and place of sitting of juvenile courts.
18 Jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in certain cases involving children and young persons.
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23 Children and young persons detained in places of safety.
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25 Attendance at court of parents of child or young person brought before court.
26 Medical evidence by certificate.
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28 Form of oath for use in juvenile courts and by children and young persons in other courts.
29 Provisions as to persons between the ages of 17 and 18.
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Increase of certain penalties
31 Increase of penalty for cruelty.
32 Increase of penalty for sales of tobacco, etc., to persons under 16.
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Part II Employment of Children and Young Persons
General provisions as to employment
34 Hours of employment.
35 Street trading.
36 Increase of certain penalties.
Entertainment
37 Restriction on persons under 16 taking part in public performances, etc.
38Restriction on licences for performances by children under 14.
39 Supplementary provisions as to licences under section 37.
40 Offences.
41 Licences for training persons between 12 and 16 for performances of a dangerous nature.
42 Licences for children and young persons performing abroad.
43 Extended powers of entry.
Construction of Part II
44 Construction of Part II.
Part III Miscellaneous and General
45—47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Children and young persons escaping to other parts of British Islands
53 Arrest in one part of British Islands of children or young persons escaping in other part.
Amendment of Adoption Act 1958
54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55 Emigration with consent of Secretary of State.
Miscellaneous
56 Prosecution of offences under Part I or Part II of principal Act.
57 Newspaper and broadcast reports of proceedings involving children.
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59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplementary provisions
60 Expenses.
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63 Interpretation.
64†Amendments, transitional provisions, and repeals.
65 Citation, construction, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULE 1
Schedule 2 CONSTITUTION OF JUVENILE COURTS
Part I OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN AREA
Juvenile court panels
1The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall...
2A justice shall not be qualified to sit as a...
3Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this...
Combined juvenile court panels
4A magistrates’ courts committee may make recommendations to the Secretary...
5lt shall be the duty of the magistrates’ courts committee...
6Subject to the provisions of this Schedule—
Effect of order establishing combined panel
7Where a combined juvenile court panel is formed for any...
Restrictions on formation of combined panels
8No order under this Schedule shall provide for the formation...
9An order under this Schedule providing for the formation of...
Consultations and notices
10A magistrates’ courts committee, before submitting recommendations for an order...
11Where the Secretary of State proposes to make an order...
12Where notice of recommendations or a copy of a proposed...
Part II Metropolitan Area
13The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall...
14Juvenile courts shall be constituted for the whole of the...
15Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule—
16If at any time, by reason of illness or other...
17Where it appears to the chairman that a juvenile court...
18The Secretary of State, in nominating any persons under this...
19The enactments relating to the provision of land and buildings...
Part III General
20An order of the Secretary of State under this Schedule...
21Any such order may contain supplementary, incidental and consequential provisions....
Schedule 3 Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Principal Act
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4For subsection (3) of section 18 there shall be substituted...
5In section 23, for the words “public performance” there shall...
6(1) In subsection (2) of section 24 for the words...
7In the proviso to section 25(1), for the words “Great...
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9In section 28(1) for the words “an entertainment or performance”...
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13In section 53(4), for the words “shall return” there shall...
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15In section 58, for the words “for the detention of...
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The principal Scottish Act
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30In section 33, for the words “public performance” there shall...
31In section 36(1), for the words “an entertainment or performance”...
32In section 38(3), for the words “The said provisions” there...
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The Children Act 1948
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The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949
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the Criminal Justice Act 1961
50(1) In subsection (1) of section 29, after the words...
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SCHEDULE 4
SCHEDULE 5

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Children and Young Persons Act 1963

1963 CHAPTER 37

An Act to amend the law relating to children and young persons; and for purposes connected therewith.