Western Australian Current Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 23A

23A .         Caution certificate to be given

        (1)         If a caution is administered to a young person for an offence, the police officer who administered the caution must give the young person a certificate in a form approved by the Commissioner.

        (2)         The certificate must state —

            (a)         that a caution was administered to the young person; and

            (b)         the young person’s name; and

            (c)         the substance of the offence; and

            (d)         the police officer’s name and rank; and

            (e)         the place where the caution was issued; and

            (f)         the names of all persons present when the caution was issued; and

            (g)         the nature and effect of a caution; and

            (h)         a description of any thing seized by the police officer in relation to the offence.

        (3)         In a proceeding, a document purporting to be a certificate or copy of a certificate is evidence that the young person was administered a caution for the offence in the circumstances stated in the certificate.

        [Section 23A amended: No. 47 of 1998 s. 8.]