Western Australian Current Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 50

50 .         Offender aged under 17 at time of sentence, options

        (1)         This section applies to and in respect of a young person found guilty of an offence who at the time of being sentenced is under 17 years old (the offender ).

        (2)         The court dealing with the offender must dispose of the matter in one of the ways provided for in this Part.

        (3)         If the court dealing with the offender is the Children’s Court, subsection (2) is subject to section 21 of the Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988 .

        [Section 50 inserted: No. 78 of 1995 s. 142.]