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CHILD
CARE
AND
PROTECTION
Provided that the attendance of such parent shall not be
required if the child is, prior to the institution of the
proceedings, removed from the parent's custody or charge by an
order of a court.
Notice to
appropriate
70.-(1)
Where a child is to be brought before-
officers of
charges
(a)
any court charged with an offence;
-
against
child.
(b)
a Children's Court as being in need of' care and
protection,
the person bringing the child before the court shall cause notice
of the grounds on which the child is brought before the court
and of the date on which such matter will be heard, to be served
in accordance with subsection (2).
(2) The notice referred to in subsection
(1)
shall be
served within a reasonable time before such date-
(a)
on a children's officer, if the child is to be brought
before the court as being in need of care and
protection;
(b)
in any other case, on the probation and. after-care
officer, if any, of the district; and
(c)
on the Children's Advocate,
so, however, that no such notice shall be necessary whenever a
children's officer, the probation and after-care officer or the
Children's Advocate, as the case may be, is the person bringing
the child before the court.
(3)
Upon the receipt of the notice referred to in
subsection
(I),
it shall be the duty of the probation and after-care
officer on whom it is served to make such investigations and
render available to the court such information as to the child's
home surroundings, school record, ag:, health and character, as
the probation and after-care officer is able to obtain and as, in
his opinion, is likely to be of assistance to the court.
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