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Rh :(ii) to be sent to an approved home for a period of not less than two years and not more than 3 years.

Failure to comply with requirements of supervision order

50. If it appears on information to the Juvenile Court that a child or young person against whom a supervision order made under section 49 is in force has failed to comply with any of the requirements of the supervision order, the Court may make a fresh order against the child or young person under that section. PART IV REMAND HOMES Custody of children and young persons not released on bail

51.—(1) The Minister may provide or appoint such remand homes as may be required for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Whenever any person apparently below the age of 16 years has been arrested and is not released on bail, any police officer shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law, cause that person to be remanded in a remand home until he can be brought before a court unless the officer certifies—
 * (a) that it is impracticable to do so;
 * (b) that he is of so unruly a character that he cannot be safely so remanded; or
 * (c) that by reason of his state of health or of his mental or bodily condition it is inadvisable to so remand him,

and the certificate shall be produced to the court before which the person is brought.

Remand of or committal to custody in remand home

52.—(1) A court on remanding a child or young person who is not released on bail shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law, instead of remanding him in custody in a prison, remand him in custody in a remand home named in the order of