Juvenile Courts

5.-(1) A juvenile Court shall sit in a different building or room from that in which the ordinary sittings of the District Court are held, or on different days or at different times from such sittings.

(2) Where in the course of any proceedings in a Juvenile Court it appears to the Court that the person charged or to whom the proceedings relate is of the age of sixteen years or upwards, or where in the course of any proceedings in any Court other than a Juvenile Court it appears that the person charged or to whom the proceedings relate is under the age of sixteen years, nothing in this Law shall be construed as preventing the Court, if it thinks it undesirable to adjourn the case, from proceeding with the hearing and determination of the case.

(3) Provision shall, so far as is practicable, be made for preventing persons apparently under the age of sixteen years whilst being conveyed to or from Court, or

whilst waiting before or after their attendance in Court, from association with adults charged with or convicted of any offence other than an offence with which the person apparently under the age of sixteen years is jointly charged or convicted.

(4) In a Juvenile Court no person other than the members and officers of the Court and the parties to the case, their advocates and other persons directly concerned in the case, shall, except by leave of the Court, be allowed to attend:

Provided that bona fide representatives of a newspaper or news agency shall not be excluded, except by special order of the Court:

Provided also, that no person shall publish the name, address, school, photograph, or anything likely to lead to the identification of the child or young person before the Juvenile Court, save with the permission of the Court or in so far as required by the provisions of this Law, and any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of this proviso shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £50.