Application of amended Part 4A to pre-commencement offences
28 Application of amended Part 4A to pre-commencement offences
Part 4A of the Act and Part 2 of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Regulation 2005, as amended by the amending Act, extend to a relevant offence (within the meaning of the amended Part 4A of the Act) committed, or alleged to have been committed, by a child before the commencement day, but only if—
the child has not yet been charged with the offence immediately before the commencement day, or
where the child was charged with the offence before the commencement day—the child has not yet—
pleaded guilty to (or been found guilty of) the offence, or
had a penalty imposed by the Children’s Court for the offence.
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