The Reformatory Schools Act, 1897, 8 of 1897, (Rep., Act 4 of 2018)

Section 13. Persons found to be over eighteen years not to be detained in Reformatory Schools

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

13. Persons found to be over eighteen years not to be detained in Reformatory Schools. 14. Discharge or removal by order of Government. 13. (1) If at any time after a youthful offender has been sent to a Reformatory School it appears to the Committee of Visitors or Board of Management, as the case may be, that the age of such youthful offender has been understated in the order for detention, and that he will attain the age of eighteen years before the expiration of the period for which he has been ordered to be detained, they shall report the case for the orders of the Local Government. (2) No person shall be detained in a Reformatory School after he has been found by the Local Government to have attained the age of eighteen years.

Source: India Code