137Procedure where youth before another court

137 Procedure where youth before another court (1) If, in any proceedings before a court other than the Youth Justice Court, it appears to the court that the proceeding should have been instituted in the Youth Justice Court, the court may: (a) order a stay of the proceedings; or (b) proceed with the hearing and determination of those proceedings in accordance with this Act as if the court were the Youth Justice Court. (2) If a court stays proceedings under subsection (1)(a), it must: (a) refer the proceedings for hearing and determination by the Youth Justice Court; and (b) do one of the following: (i) allow the youth to go at large; (ii) release the youth on bail; (iii) release the youth into the care and supervision of any person; (iv) remand the youth in custody in a detention centre or other suitable place (that is not a custodial correctional facility).

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