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36 remand for the period for which he is remanded or until he is from that place delivered in due course of law.

(2) A court committing for trial a child or young person who is not released on bail shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law, instead of committing him to prison, commit him to a remand home, to be remanded there for the period for which he is committed or until he is delivered from that place in due course of law.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any person whilst being subject to the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court who has attained the age of 16 years but is below the age of 19 years may be remanded at a remand home.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), in the case of a young person it shall not be obligatory on the court to remand or commit him in a remand home under these subsections if the court certifies that it is impracticable to do so, or that he is of so unruly a character that he cannot be safely so remanded or committed, and in that case the court may remand the young person to custody in, or may commit him to, a prison.

(5) An order of remand or committal under this section may be varied or, in the case of a young person who proves to be of so unruly a character that he cannot be safely remanded in a remand home, revoked by any court; and if it is revoked the young person may be remanded in custody in, or committed to, a prison.

(6) The order or judgment in pursuance of which a child or young person is committed to custody in a remand home shall be delivered with the child or young person to the person in charge of the remand home and shall be sufficient authority for his remand in that place in accordance with the tenor thereof.

(7) A child or young person while so remanded, and while being conveyed to and from the remand home, shall be deemed to be in lawful custody, and if he escapes may be apprehended without warrant and brought back to the remand home in which he was remanded.