Where, in the case of a person who is detained in an approved school, the managers of that school have decided to bring him before a court of summary jurisdiction under paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 on the ground of serious misconduct, that person may be dealt with in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

If it appears to a justice of the peace (not being a manager of the approved school), on sworn information laid by or on behalf of the managers of the school, that a person detained in the school, to whom subsection (1) above applies, should be removed therefrom without delay, the justice may issue a warrant authorising the managers or, on cause shown, directing a constable to remove that person to a place specified in the warrant in accordance with the next following subsection, and section 20 (3) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 (which relates to the bringing of persons in custody before a court) shall apply in relation to a person removed as aforesaid as it applies to a person apprehended under a warrant issued under that section.

In this section any reference to a justice of the peace includes a reference to the sheriff and to a magistrate.