ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980. (act_1985_11) | MT

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Preamble — ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980. Open official source

I assent.

CARMEI.O ScHEM8RI

Acting President

10th J uly, 1985

ACT No. XI .1 1985

AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice a nd

consent e f the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same. as follows : -

T his Act may be cited as the J uvenile Court (Amendment) Act.

Malta Government Gazette — Act 1985 11 — ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980.

Art. 1 Short title. — ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980. Open official source

1985, and shall be read and construed as one with the J uvenile Court Act.

198.0, hereinaFter referred 10 as "the principal Act",

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Art. 2 Subolitutiou of section 4 of the principal A~ — ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980. Open official source

For section 4 of the principal Act there shall be substi tuted the

following

"4.

The J uvenile Court shall consist of a Magis-

(I)

trate.

(2) In the proceedings before;1. the Juvenile

Court shall be assisted by two pe rsons. one of whom shall

be a woman, appointed under this section. whom the Court

may consu lt in any case for its decision.

(3) Such consultation shall take place In open

Court, and the Court shall not be bound to abide by the

opinion of the assistants.

(4) The two assistants shall be appointed by the

President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime

Miuister, fro m amongst persons who in the Prime Minister's

opinion have previous experience and ~pecial qualifications

for dealing witb problems of juveniles.

Tbe President may. at any time, appoint more

(5)

than two persons as assistants of the J uvenile Court but only

two such persons shall assist the Court in anyone case.

(6) T he office of an assistant

of the

Juvenile

Court shall become vacant -

(a) lit the e~pira'ion of fivt! yt!ar:<; from the date

of his appointment or at such earlier time as may be

specified in the instrumen t by which he is appointed: or

(b) if be is removed from office in the same

manner and on the same grounds as a Magistrnte may

be n::moved from office.

(7) A person appointed as assistant of the J uvenile

Court shall. at the beginning of the first silting of the Court

after his appointment. take in open court an oath to discharge

his functions faithfully. impartially and in accordance with

this Act.

(8) Tbe assistants of the Juvenile Court may

abstain or be challenged for the same reasons and on the

same grounds as, according to law, a Magistrate may

abstain or be challenged. Any qUe8lion regardiug any cause

of abstension or challenge shall be decided by (he Magis-

trate.".

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Art. 3 — ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980. Open official source

In subsection (l) of section 5 of the principal Act. for the words Amendment of

"by the Chairman" there shall be substituted the words "by the Court". :IeOti"" , 01. !he

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Art. 4 Amendment of oectiOll 6 of the priocipal Act. — ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980. Open official source

Section 6 of the principal Act shall be amended as fo11ows

(a) in subsection (\) thereof, for the words "determination of

the cue:" there shall be substituted the words "determination of

Ille case; if, however, Ille Juvenile Court Illinks otherwise, it shall

adjourn the case and refer it to the competent CQurt of Judicial

Police which sha11 take cognizance of the case as if the proceedings

had been commenced before the said CQurt of Judicial Police.": and

the proviso thereto shall be deleted.

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Malta Government Gazette — Act 1985 11 — ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980.

Art. 5 — ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980. Open official source

In section 7 of the principal Act for the words "the members Amendment of

lCOfioo 7 of tho

and officers" there shall be 5ubstilUted the words "the officials".

6, For section 12 of the principal Act there shall be substituted Su"',"utiou of

sectioD 12 of tho

the following;

" 12. The Minister may make regulations for prescribing

tile remunera tion payable \0 !he assisumts of the Juvenile

Coun.ft,

Passed by lite House of Representativcs a1 Sitting No. 264 of lite 3rd J uly. 1985.

DANIEL M ICAtLIlP

SpMker

C. MlFsuo

Clerk to the House of Represl'l1tanvel

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ACT No. XI .1 1985 AN ACT 10 amend the Juvenile Courl Act, J980.

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