Corrective training

(1) Where a person who is under the age of twenty-one years– (a) is convicted of the offence of loitering or of any other petty misdemeanour or petty offence as contained in section 3 and 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act; CAP. 98. (b) has been convicted on at least one previous occasion of the same or any other petty misdemeanour or petty offence; and (c) the court is satisfied that he qualifies for a sentence of corrective training as specified in sub-section (2), then, the court may, in addition to or in lieu of any other sentence, pass a sentence of corrective training for such term not exceeding four years as the court may determine. (2) An offender qualifies for a sentence of corrective training within the meaning of sub-section (1) ifCrime Control and Criminal Justice[CAP. 102 53 (a) he is neither gainfully employed nor is receiving instruction in a school or other educational institution; or (b) the court is satisfied, having regard to the social reports about the offender, that it is expedient with a view to his reformation and the prevention of crime that he should receive training of a corrective character. (3) A sentence of corrective training may be passed concurrently with, or consecutive to, a sentence of imprisonment. (4) A sentence of corrective training shall be served at such place as the Minister responsible for young offenders may direct, and whilst so detained at such place, the offender shall be deemed to be in lawful custody. (5) The power conferred on a court by this section to impose a sentence of corrective training shall be without prejudice to section 12 of the Juvenile Offenders Act or any other provision of any law which requires the imposition of a mandatory custodial sentence. CAP. 119.