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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 243

Dismissal without formal warning

    (1)     If the Children's Court finds a child guilty of one or more offences, whether indictable or summary, the Court may order that the charge or charges be dismissed.

    (2)     The objects of dismissing a charge against a child with no warning are—

        (a)     to enable the Children's Court to take no further action against the child in appropriate circumstances; and

        (b)     to divert the child from further contact with the criminal justice system.

Division 3—Dismissal with formal warning



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