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Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
380Court may order probation
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380 Court may order probation
(1) If the Court finds a child guilty of one or more offences, whether indictable or summary, the Court may, with or without conviction, place the child on probation for a specified term—
(b) not exceeding 18 months if the offence or one of the offences is punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than 10 years—
and not extending beyond his or her twenty-first birthday.
(2) The Court may only make an order under subsection (1) if the child has consented to the order being made.