When any child under the school leaving age has been expelled from school for any reason or any other child has been suspended or expelled for immoral behaviour, it shall be the duty of the principal or the governing body of the school or other person (whichever has the power to suspend or expel), to inform the Superintendent of Child Welfare or the nearest Child Welfare Officer of the fact that the said child has been suspended or expelled from the school, and the said Superintendent or Child Welfare Officer shall immediately on receipt of such information take such action as may be proper or desirable in the interests of the said child.

(e) Whenever Any Child Has Been Found by the Court to Have Committed an Offence or to be a Delinquent Child or a Child Not Under Proper Control the Principal of the School Should be Informed: The suggested clause might read as follows: 

Whenever any child has been found by the Court to have committed an offence or to be a delinquent child or a child not under proper control and is either a pupil of a school or is subsequently enrolled as a pupil it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Child Welfare to inform the principal of such school of the nature of the offence and the circumstances which led to the delinquency in order that the principal may assist the said child and protect the other pupils of the school.

(f) That the Statute Should be Completely Redrafted and the Child Welfare Division Reorganized on an Autonomous Basis: In this redrafting and reorganization special regard should be had to: 

    (a) The precise duties expected of every Child Welfare
    Officer, whether he or she be a member of the Public Service or
    an “honorary Child Welfare Officer”.

    (b) The provision of Children’s Court rooms away from the
    Magistrate’s Court or the holding of sittings of the Children’s
    Court on days when no other Court business is being conducted.

    (c) The selection of Magistrates who are specially qualified
    to perform the duties required of a Justice of the Children’s
    Court.

(d) The opening of proceedings to accredited representatives of the press, who should not, however, be permitted to publish the names of persons brought before the Court whether as offenders, parents, or witnesses, or any facts by which they may be identified.

    (e) The taking of the opinion of a school principal on any
    recommendation affecting the future of one of his pupils.

    (f) Provisions for a right of appeal from any decision of the
    Children’s Court or from any decision of the Superintendent
    regarding any child.

XVII.  Summary of Conclusions

1.  Sexual immorality among juveniles has become a world-wide problem of increasing importance, but the great majority of the young people of this Dominion are healthy-minded and well-behaved.