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                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the Commissioner 
                                              responsible for Social Welfare by 
                                              section 351 (5) of the Criminal 
                                              Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30) 
                                              these Regulations are made this 
                                              17th day of March, 1972.</span></p>
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                                              Regulation 1—Fit Person Orders.
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                                              (1) Every fit person order made 
                                              under Part IX of the Criminal 
                                              Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30) 
                                              shall specify the age and 
                                              religious persuasion (if any) of 
                                              the juvenile.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The person to whose care a 
                                              juvenile is committed by any fit 
                                              person order shall, while the 
                                              order is in force, have the same 
                                              rights and be subject to the same 
                                              liabilities in respect of the 
                                              maintenance of the juvenile as if 
                                              he were his parent or guardian.
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                                              Regulation 2—Supervision Orders.
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                                              (1) Where a supervision order has 
                                              been made under Part IX of the 
                                              Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 
                                              30), the probation officer or 
                                              other person appointed by the 
                                              Court shall read and explain the 
                                              order to the juvenile in respect 
                                              of whom it is made.</span></p>
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                                              (2) A supervision order may 
                                              contain a direction as to the 
                                              place of residence of the juvenile 
                                              in respect of whom it is made.</span></p>

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                                              (3) Where the probation officer or 
                                              other person named in a 
                                              supervision order is for any 
                                              reason unable to carry out his 
                                              duties under the order or where 
                                              the Director of Social Welfare and 
                                              Community Development considers 
                                              that another person should be 
                                              appointed in his place, the Court 
                                              may appoint another person to 
                                              carry out his duties under the 
                                              order.</span></p>
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                                              Regulation 3—Contribution Towards 
                                              Maintenance. </span></p>
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                                              (1) Where a Court makes a fit 
                                              person or detention order in 
                                              respect of a juvenile, the Court 
                                              may further order, subject to 
                                              paragraph (3) of this regulation, 
                                              that the parent or guardian of the 
                                              juvenile shall pay to the 
                                              Government such contribution (not 
                                              exceeding ¢10.00 per month) 
                                              towards the cost of maintaining 
                                              the juvenile under the order as 
                                              the Court thinks reasonable after 
                                              due enquiry, and having regard to 
                                              the means of the parent or 
                                              guardian of the juvenile.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where the Court makes no order 
                                              for maintenance under paragraph 
                                              (1) of this regulation, the 
                                              Director of Social Welfare and 
                                              Community Development may at any 
                                              time apply to the Court which made 
                                              the fit person or detention order, 
                                              to make an order in respect of 
                                              maintenance of the juvenile under 
                                              paragraph (1) of this regulation.
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                                              (3) No order under this regulation 
                                              shall be made against any parent 
                                              or guardian for the maintenance of 
                                              a juvenile unless seven days' 
                                              notice in writing is given to such 
                                              parent or guardian of the proposed 
                                              order so as to enable him to 
                                              appear before the Court and show 
                                              cause why the proposed order 
                                              either should not be made or 
                                              should&nbsp; be varied. </span></p>

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                                              (4) Where the Court makes a fit 
                                              person order, it may order that a 
                                              sum not exceeding ¢10.00 a month 
                                              be paid out of the Consolidated 
                                              Fund to the fit person to whom the 
                                              juvenile, in respect of whom the 
                                              fit person order was made, has 
                                              been committed for the period 
                                              during which he remains in the 
                                              care of that fit person.</span></p>
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                                              (5) Any payment which any person 
                                              is ordered to make under this 
                                              regulation may be recovered from 
                                              him by distress and sale in 
                                              accordance with section 317 of the 
                                              Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 
                                              30). </span></p>
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                                              Regulation 4—Application to Vary 
                                              Order and Appeal. </span></p>
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                                              The Director of Social Welfare and 
                                              Community Development or any 
                                              person against whom an order to 
                                              pay maintenance is made under 
                                              regulation 3 may—</span></p>
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                                              (a) apply at any time to the Court 
                                              which made the order for a 
                                              variation of the order;</span></p>

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                                              (b) appeal against the making of 
                                              such order or against any refusal 
                                              to make or vary such order—</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              to the Circuit Court from an 
                                              original decision of a District 
                                              Court or of a Juvenile Court; or</span></p>
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                                              (ii) to the High Court from an 
                                              original decision of a Circuit 
                                              Court.</span></p>

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                                              Regulation 5—Detention or Fit 
                                              Person Order may be Substituted.
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                                              Where a supervision order has been 
                                              made the probation officer or 
                                              other person appointed by the 
                                              Court in such order to supervise 
                                              the juvenile may subsequently, if 
                                              it appears in the best interest of 
                                              the juvenile to do so, bring him 
                                              before the Court which may 
                                              thereupon, in accordance with Part 
                                              IX of the Criminal Procedure Code, 
                                              1960 (Act 30),—</span></p>
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                                              (a) make a detention order sending 
                                              the juvenile to an Industrial 
                                              School; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) make a fit person order.</span></p>
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                                              Regulation 6—Power to Discharge 
                                              Juveniles. </span></p>

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                                              Notwithstanding anything in these 
                                              Regulations, the Commissioner may 
                                              at any time order a juvenile 
                                              committed to the care of a fit 
                                              person to be discharged from such 
                                              care, subject to such conditions, 
                                              if any, as the Commissioner may 
                                              think desirable.</span></p>
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                                              MAJOR K. ASANTE</span></p>
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                                              Commissioner Responsible for 
                                              Social Welfare</span></p>
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                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 24th 
                                              March, 1972.</span></p>