GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Act was enacted to amend the law relating to reformatory schools and to make further provisions for dealing with ‘youthful offenders’. It gives the power to establish Reformatory Schools, inspect them, and for courts to direct youthful offenders to these schools.

Detailed explanation-2: -Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act 1865 Established and regulated industrial and reformatory schools for children under 15 who were ‘neglected’ or convicted of an offence. Missions were registered as industrial or reformatory schools.