{"id":1738,"date":"2024-04-11T11:54:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T11:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=1738"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:33:32","slug":"orders-against-parents-or-guardians","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/topic\/our-legal-system\/punishment-and-sentencing-options\/orders-against-parents-or-guardians\/","title":{"rendered":"Orders against parents or guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/226\/s9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sections 9<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/226\/s10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Juvenile Offenders Ordinance<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 226<\/a>), parents and guardians of young offenders aged between 10 and 15 can be compelled to attend court when their child is dealt with. Such parents and guardians can also be ordered to give security for the child&#8217;s behaviour or can be ordered to pay a fine. Such fines and security, if not paid, can be recovered from the parent or guardian by way of distress (seizing their properties and converting them into cash) or an imprisonment order as if the parent or guardian had been convicted of the offence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under\u00a0Sections 9\u00a0and\u00a010\u00a0of the\u00a0Juvenile Offenders Ordinance\u00a0(Chapter 226), parents and guardians of young offenders aged between 10 and 15 can be compelled to attend court when their child is dealt with. Such parents and guardians can also be ordered to give security for the child&#8217;s behaviour or can be ordered to pay a fine. Such fines and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic-type":[38,22],"class_list":["post-1738","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-type-punishment-and-sentencing-options","topic-type-our-legal-system"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/1738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-type?post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}