Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1941 (1941 - 1958)

From

1941

To

1958

Categories

Principal Act

Location

Australian Capital Territory

The Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1941 (Act no. 11/1941) was Commonwealth legislation that allowed for children from the ACT to be placed in NSW institutions. It provided that a court in the ACT may commit a person under the age of eighteen to a NSW institution, in accordance with the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act 1905 (NSW). It commenced on 4 September 1941 and was repealed by the Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 on 1 March 1958.

Timeline

1935 - 1941

Juvenile Offenders (Detention) Ordinance 1935

1941 - 1958

Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1941

1958 - 1988

Child Welfare Ordinance 1957