PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Definition of age
82. For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to have already reached any specified age when he has since his birth completed that number of years of life reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar.
Powers of Juvenile Courts conferred on other courts when dealing with juvenile offenders
83. All the powers which may be exercised under this Act by a Juvenile Court in respect of a child or young person may in like manner be exercised by any other court by or before which a child or young person is found guilty of an offence, or by or before which a person has been found guilty of any offence involving bodily injury to a child or young person.
Powers of Juvenile Courts conferred on Supreme Court; special power in respect of persons of 16 years of age and above and below 19 years
84. Nothing in this Act shall affect the powers of the Supreme Court and all the powers which may be exercised under this Act by a Juvenile Court in respect of a child or young person may in like manner be exercised by the Supreme Court; and, in addition, the Supreme Court shall have power to order the detention in a Young Offenders Section, up to but not after his attainment of the age of 19 years, of any person who has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 19 years at the date of making the order.
Regulations
85.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act and for any matter which is required under this Act to be prescribed.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for all or any of the following matters:
