Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963

20 Procedure in cases of serious misconduct, etc.

(1) It shall no longer be a requirement that the managers of an approved school who bring a person before a court under paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 on the ground of serious misconduct shall be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State.

(2) A court of summary jurisdiction, in exercising its powers under section 70 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (which among other things confers certain powers on a court in relation to persons brought before it for serious misconduct while detained in an approved school or for absconding therefrom), shall have the like power to adjourn the case for inquiry, or for any other necessary cause, as it has in relation to the case of an accused or convicted person, and may, during the period of adjournment, commit a person so brought before it to any place (other than a police station) that may be specified for the purposes of section 19 (2) above.

(3) A person committed under this section to an approved school shall, while liable to be detained therein, be treated as if he were so liable by virtue of an approved school order; and, without prejudice to the foregoing provision, the enactments relating to .persons detained in approved schools shall apply in relation to any person so committed as if he were detained in and under the care of the managers of the school in which he was detained before committal.