The Borstal Schools Act, 1928

( ACT NO. I OF 1928 )

[ 16th February, 1928 ]
1♣An Act to make provision for the establishment and regulation of Borstal schools for the detention and training of adolescent offenders.

 
WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the establishment and regulation of Borstal schools for the detention and training of adolescent offenders;
 
 
[* * *] It is hereby enacted as follows:-
 
 
 

CONTENTS

SECTIONS

1. Short title and extent

2. Definition

3. Establishments of Borstal School

4. Application for the Prisons Act, 1894, and the Prisoners Act, 1900

5. Power of Court to make order for detention in Borstal schools

6. Procedure where the Court is not empowered to pass an order of detention in a Borstal school

7. Appeal

8. Procedure after making order under section 5

9. Limitation on powers conferred by section 5

10. Powers of Inspector-General to transfer adolescent prisoners to Borstal school

11. Removal from one school to another

12. Power to release on license

13. Revocation of license

14. Powers of arrest of police

15. Transfer of incorrigibles, etc., to prisons

16. Rules