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Powers
of
Court.
Second
Schedule.
CHILD CAREAND PROTECTION
(b) any person appointed by the Minister under section
87,
including any person appointed by the
Minister on the recommendation of a welfare
organization.
14.-(1)
A Children's Court before which any child is
brought under this Part, or before which is brought any child in
respect of whom any of the offences mentioned in the Second
Schedule has been committed, may, if satisfied that the best
interests of the child so require, make an order in accordance
with subsection (2).
(2) An order under subsection (1) may-
(a) require the child's parent or guardian to enter into a
recognizance to exercise proper care and guardianship;
(b) commit the child to the care of any fit person, whether a
relative or not, who is willing to undertake the care of
the child;
(c)
either in addition to, or without making any order under
paragraph (a) or (b), place the child for a specified
period not exceeding three years, under the supervision
of a probation and after-care officer, or some other
person to be selected for the purpose by the
Minister;
(d)
prohibit for a specified period, not exceeding two years,
any person found guilty of such offence-
(i) from entering onto or residing at any
premises at which the child resides,
including premises the person owns or has a
right to occupy; or
(ii) from contacting or interfering with, or
attempting to contact or interfere with, the
child, except that where such person is the
child's parent, the order may set out such
conditions for supervised contact between
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