Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act Amendment Act of 1906 (6 Edw VII No. 6) (Qld)

REFORMATORIES. 9117 6 EDw. VII. No. 6, 1906. Industrial and Rf'formatory Schools Act. 18. The Governor in Council may from time to time Regulations. make all such Regulations as he thinks fit- ( a) For adjusting the amount of credit to be give.n for traffic brought by or to a railway to which this Act applies to or by any other State railway; (b) Generally for the purpose of giving full effect to this Act. All such Regulations, upon publication in the Gazette, shall have the same effect as if they were enacted in the Act, and shall not be questioned in any proceedings what- soever. REAL PROPERTY (ANCIENT LIGHTS). See LIGHT. REFORMATORIES. An Act to Amend the" Industrial and Reformatory 6 Edw. VII. Schools Act of 1865." [ ASSEN1'ED TO 19TH OCTOBER, 1. 906. ] ~ ~ : . RSIECNFHDOOURAOSMNLTADSRTIAAOCLRTY B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, t~Eg~r~ ~ by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and bv the authoritvof the same, as follows : - ~ • 1. This Act may be cited as "The Industrial and Short title Reformatory Schools Act Amendment Act of 1906," and ~ ~~ struction shall be read as one with the "Ind1lstrial and Reforma- of Act. tory Schools Act of 1865,"* herein called the Principal Act; the Principal Act and this Act may together be cited as " The Indttstrial and Reformatory Schools Acts, 1865 to 1906." 2. In section five of the Principal Act, the words Ame~ dl1? - ent " Every boy and b airl under the age of fifteen years shall o A f ct P , r s ll . lC 5. lpal he deemed to be a 'child' within the meaning and for the purposes of this Act and" are repealed; also the word "such" before the word" boy" is repealed. '* 29 Vic. No. 8, supra, page 2213.

9118 REFORMATORIES. Industrial and Reformator'!/ Sokools Act. 6 EDw. VII. No. 6, . A o A f c. ; Ptm,re 8 inn . dc6mi. peanlt six o 3 f . thSeubPsericnticoinpsalonAecttoasreeverne,pbeaoltehd, inacnludsitvhee, ofoflsleocwtiiongn provisions are inserted in lieu thereof ;- (1) Any child under the age of seventeen years who habitually begs or receives alms, whether under the pretext of sale or otherwise, or frequents any public place for the purpose of so doing; (2) Any child under the age of seventeen years who wanders about or frequents any public place, or sleeps in the open air, and. does not satisfy the Court that he or she has a proper home or settled place of abode; (3) Any child under the age of seventeen years who resides in any reputed brothel, or asso- ciates or dwells with any female known to the police to be of bad character or reputed to be a prostitute, whethersuchperson is the mother of the child or not; (4) Any child under the age of seventeen years who is destitute and has not sufficient means of subsistence apparent to the Court, and whose parents or near relatives are, in the opinion of the Court, in indigent circumstances and are unable to support such child, or are drunkards, or are dead, or unknown, or cannot be found, or are out of the jurisdiction or in the custody of the law,and any such child who is supported wholly or in part by charity; . (5) Any child under the age of seventeen years who, having been convicted of an offence :punishable by imprisonment or some less punishment, ought, nevertheless, in the opinion of the Court, regard being had. to the circum- stances of the case, to be sent to an industrial school; (6) Any child under the age of seventeen years whose parent or guardian represents upon reasonable grounds to the satisfaction of th~ Court that he wishes such child to be sent to an industrial school and gives security to the satisfaction of the Court, before which such child is brought, for payment of the mainten~ ance of such child in such school;

1906, REFORMATORIES. Industrial and Rfjormatory Schools Act. 9119 (7) Any girl under the age of seventeen years who by day or night solicits men or otherwise hehaves in an indecent manner, or by night habitually wanders or loiters, without reason- able cause, in any public place; (8) Any child under the age of fifteen years who associates with or dwells with any person who, during the last preceding twelve months, has been convicted of vagrancy, or during such period has been convicted three times of drunkenness, or who is reputed to be a thief; (9) Any child under the age of ten years who sells or offers for sale, between the hours of eight o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning in any public place or in, any place other than the child's home, any matches, newspapers, or other articles. The term" guardian" shall include a person in loco parentis. 4. In section nine of the Principal Act, after the word A,me~dn;tent "child," where it first occurs, the words "under the age oAfcPt,rI B n . C9.Ipal of seventeen years" are inserted. , 5. In section thirty-one of the Principal Act, the Amendment words "he reaches the age of fifteen years or for such oAfcPt,rm 8. f3t1ip.al shorter period as the justices think fit" are repealed, and the words "the expiration of' the period of his original commitment" are inserted in lieu thereof. 6. Sections ten, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty ~ eight, Repeal of and thirty-nine of'the Principal Act are repealed. ~ ~ ! ~ i~ ~ nts. RESUMPTION OF LANDS. See WORKS. REVENUE FROM SALES OF LAND. See LANDS. SHEARERS. See MASTERS AND SERVANTS. STATE FORESTS. See FORESTS.