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Power of Magistrates to direct boys under fifteen sentenced to imprisonment to be sent to \r\n Reformatory Schools. \r\n11. Preliminary inquiry and finding as to age of youthful offender. \r\n12. Government to determine Reformatory School to which offenders shall be sent. \r\n13. Persons found to be over eighteen years not to be detained in Reformatory School. \r\n14. Discharge or removal by order of Government. \r\n15. Agreement between Provinces. \r\n16. Certain orders not subject to appeal or revision. \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nPage 2 of 11 \r\n \r\nIII. —MANAGEMENT OF REFORMATORY SCHOOLS \r\n17. Appointment of Superintendent and Committee of Visitors or Board of Management. \r\n18. Superintendent may license youthful offenders to employers of labour. \r\n19. Cancellation of license. \r\n20. Determination of license. \r\n21. Cancellation of license in case of ill­treatment. \r\n22. Superintendent to be deemed guardian of youthful offenders. \r\n Power to apprentice youthful offender. \r\n23. Duties of Committee of Visitors. \r\n24. Powers of Board of Management. \r\n25. Power to appoint Trustees or other Managers of a school to be a Board of Management. \r\n26. Power of board to make rules. \r\nIV. —OFFENCES IN RELATION TO REFORMATORY SCHOOLS \r\n27. Penalty for introduction or removal or supply of prohibited articles and communication with \r\n youthful offenders. \r\n28. Penalty for abetting escape of youthful offender. \r\n29. Arrest of escaped youthful offender. \r\nV. —MISCELLANEOUS \r\n30. [Repealed.] \r\n31. Power to deal in other ways with youthful offenders, including girls. \r\n32. Procedure when youthful offender under detention in a Reformatory School is again \r\n Convicted and sentenced. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 3 of 11 \r\n \r\nTHE REFORMATORY SCHOOLS ACT, 1897 \r\n \r\n1ACT No. VIII OF 1897 \r\n[11th March, 1897] \r\n \r\nAn Act to amend the law relating to Reformatory Schools and to make further provision for dealing with \r\nyouthful offenders. \r\n \r\n WHBREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to Reformatory Schools and to make \r\nfurther provision for dealing with youthful offenders; \r\n \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows: \r\n \r\nI. —PRELIMINARY \r\n \r\n 1. Title an extent.-(1) This Act may be called the Reformatory Schools Act, 1897; 2* \r\n 2[* * * * * * * * * * * *] \r\n 3[(3) The Federal Government may, at any time, by notification in the official Gazet te, \r\nextend this Act to the Islamabad Capital Territory from such day as may be fixed in such \r\nnotification.].] \r\n \r\n2 and 3. [Repeals.] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (I of ] 938), s. 2 and Schedule. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1896, Pt V, p. 187 ; for Report of the Select Committee, see ibid., 1897, Pt. VI, p. 55; and for \r\nProceedings in Council, see ibid., 1896, Pt. V, pp. 222 and 251 ; and ibid., 1896, Pt. VI. pp. 44 and 68. \r\nThis Act has been declared to be in force in Baluchistan by the British Baluchistan Laws Regulation. 1913 (2 of 1913), s. 3 and Sch. I. \r\nIt has also been extended to the Leased Areas of Baluchistan. see the Leased Areas Laws) Order, 1950 (G.G.0.3 of 1950); and applied in the \r\nFederated Areas of Baluchistan, see Gazette of India. 1937, Pt. I. p. 1499. \r\nThe Act, as in force in the North-West Frontier Province immediately before the commencement of N.W.F.P. Regulation No. II of 1974. has been applied to the \r\nProvincially Administered Tribal Areas of Chitral. Dir, Kalam. Swat and Malakand Protected Area, by N.W.F.P. Regulation, No. II of 1974. s. 3. \r\nThis Act has been amended to the extent of Islamabad Capital Territory. see Ordinance No. 27 of 1981. s. 5 and 4th Sch. \r\n2The word “and” at the end of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2). rep, by the Repealing and Amending Act. 1914 (10 of 1914), s. 3 and \r\nSch. II. \r\n3Subs. by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 5 and Sch. IV (only to the extent of ICT).\r\n \r\nPage 4 of 11 \r\n \r\n 4. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- \r\n \r\n1(a) “youthful offender” means any boy who has been convicted of any offence \r\npunishable with 2 [ * * * ] or imprisonment and who, at the time of such \r\nconviction, was under the age of fifteen years: \r\n \r\n(b) “Inspector General” includes any officer appointed by the \r\n3[Provincial Government] to perform all or any of the duties imposed by \r\nthis Act on the Inspector General: and \r\n \r\n 4[* * * * * * *] \r\n \r\nII. —REFORMATORY SCHOOLS \r\n \r\n 5. Power to establish and discontinue Reformatory Schools. 5* * * The \r\n3[Provincial Government] may— \r\n \r\n(a) establish and maintain Reformatory Schools at such places as it may think \r\nfit; \r\n \r\n(b) use as Reformatory Schools schools kept by persons willing to act in \r\nconformity with such rules, consistent with this Act, as the 3[Provincial \r\nGovernment] may prescribe in this behalf; \r\n \r\n(c) direct that any school so established or used shall cease to exist as a \r\nReformatory School or to be used as such. \r\n \r\n 6. Requisites of schools. Every school so established or used must provide- \r\n \r\n \r\n(a) sufficient means of separating the inmates at night; \r\n \r\n(b) proper sanitary arrangements, water-supply, food, clothing and bedding \r\nfor the youthful offenders detained therein; \r\n \r\n(c) the means of giving such youthful offenders industrial training; \r\n \r\n(d) an infirmary or proper place for the reception of such youthful offenders \r\nwhen sick. \r\n \r\n 7. Inspection of Reformatory Schools.—(1) Every school intended to be established or \r\nused as a Reformatory School shall, before being used as such, be inspected Schools by the \r\nInspector General, and if he finds that the requirements of section 6 have been complied \r\nwith, and that, in his opinion, such school is fitted for the reception of such youthful offenders as \r\nmay be sent there under this Act, he shall certify to that effect, and such \r\n \r\n1In Sind the age-limit has been raised to 16: see the Bombay, Children Act, 1924 (Born. 13 of 1924). s. 4. \r\n2Omitted by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 5 and Sch. IV (only to the extent of ICT). \r\n3Subs. by A. 0., 1937, for “L.G.”. \r\n4Clause (c) omitted by A.O., 1949. Sch. \r\n5The words “With the previous sanction of the G, G. in C.” rep. by the Decentralization Act, 1914 (4 of 1914). s. 2 and Sch., Pt. I, \r\n \r\nPage 5 of 11 \r\n \r\ncertificate shall be published in the 1[official Gazette], together with an order of the \r\n2[provincial Government] establishing the school as a Reformatory School or directing that it shall \r\nbe used as such, and the school shall thereupon be deemed to be a Reformatory School. \r\n \r\n (2) Every such school shall, from time to time, and at least once in every year, be visited \r\nby the said Inspector General, who shall send to the 2[Provincial Government] a report on the \r\ncondition of the school in such form as the 2[Provincial Government] may prescribe. \r\n \r\n 8. Power of Courts to direct youthful offenders to be sent to Reformatory Schools.—\r\n(1) Whenever any youthful offender is sentenced to 3[* * *] imprisonment, and is, in the judgement \r\nof the Court by which he is sentenced, a pro per p erson to be an inmate of a Reformatory \r\nSchool, the Court may, subject to any rules made by the 2[Provincial Government], direct \r\n4that, instead of undergoing his sentence, he shall be sent to such a school, and be there \r\ndetained for a period which shall be not less than 5 three or more than seven years. \r\n \r\n (2) The powers so conferred on the court by this section shall be exercised only by (a) the \r\nHigh Court, (b), a Court of Session, (c) a District Magistrate, and (d) any Magistrate specially \r\nempowered by the 2 [Provincial Government] in this behalf, and may be exercised by such \r\nCourts whether the case comes before them originally or on apeal. \r\n \r\n (3) The 2[provincial Government] may make rules for- \r\n \r\n6(a) defining what youthful offenders should be sent to Reformatory Schools, \r\nhaving regard to the nature of their offences or other considerations, and \r\n \r\n(b) regulating the periods for which youthful offenders may be sent to such \r\nschools according to their ages or other considerations7. \r\n \r\n \r\n 9. Procedure where Magistrate is not empowered to pass an order under section 8.—(1) \r\nWhen any Magistrate not empowered to pass an order under the last foregoing section is of \r\nopinion that a youthful offender convicted by him is a proper person to be an inmate of a \r\nReformatory School, he may, without passing sentence, record such opinion and submit his \r\nproceedings and forward the youthful offender to the District Magistrate to whom he is \r\nsubordinate. \r\n \r\n (2) The Magistrate to whom the proceedings are so submitted may make such further \r\ninquiry (if any) as he may think fit and pass such sentence and order for the detention in a \r\nReformatory School of the youthful offender, or oth erwise, as he might have passed if such \r\nyouthful offender had been originally tried by him. \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “local official Gazette”. \r\n2Subs. ibid., for “L. G.”. \r\n3Omitted by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 5 and Sch. IV (only to the extent of ICT). \r\n4For delegation of powers of a L.G. to the Commissioner in Sind under this section, see Born. Govt. Gazette, 1912, Pt, I. p. 1193. \r\n5This part of the section has been amended in Sind by the Bombay Children Act, 1924, (Bom. 13 of 1924), s. 4. \r\n6For rules made under this clause by the Punjab Government, see Punjab Gazette, dated the 2nd October, 1903, Extraordinary, p. 3. For rules made by the Chief \r\nCommissioner of Baluchistan, see Gaz. of P., 1954, Pt. VI, pp. 93-94. \r\n7For rules regulating the period for which youthful offenders may be sent to Reformatories, see different local R. & O. \r\n \r\nPage 6 of 11 \r\n \r\n 10. Power of Magistrates to direct boys under fifteen sentenced to imprisonment to \r\nbe sent to Reformatory Schools. The officer in charge of a prison in which a youthful offender is \r\nconfined, in execution of a sentence of imprisonment, may bring him, if he has not then attained the \r\nage of fifteen years, before the District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction such prison is situate; \r\nand such Magistrate may, if such youthful offender appears to be a proper person to be an inmate of \r\na Reformatory School, direct that, instead of undergoing the residue of his sentence, he shall be \r\nsent to a Reformatory School, and there detained for a period which shall be subject to the same \r\nlimitations as are prescribed by or under section 8, with reference to the period of detention thereby \r\nauthorised. \r\n \r\n 11. Preliminary inquiry and finding as to age of youthful offender.-(l) Before \r\ndirecting any youthful offender to be sent to a Reformatory School under section 8, section \r\n9, or section 10, the Court or Magistrate shall inquire into the question of his age and, after taking \r\nsuch evidence (If any) as may be deemed necessary, shall record a finding thereon, stating \r\nhis age as nearly as may be. \r\n \r\n (2) A similar inquiry shall be made and finding recorded by every Magistrate not \r\nempowered to pass an order under section 8 b efore submitting his proceedings and \r\nforwarding the youthful offender to the District Magistrate as required by section 9, sub - \r\nsection (1). \r\n \r\n 12. Government to determine Reformatory School to which offenders shall be sent. \r\nEvery youthful offender directed by a Court or Magistrate to be sent to a Reformatory School shall \r\nbe sent to s uch Reformatory School as the \r\nl\r\n[Provincial Government] may, by general or special \r\norder, appoint for the reception of youthful offenders so dealt with by such Court or Magistrate: \r\n \r\n Provided that, if accommodation in a Reformatory School is not immediately available \r\nfor such youthful offender, he may be detained in the juvenile ward or such other suitable part \r\nof a prison as the 1[Provincial Government] may direct- \r\n \r\n(a) until he can be sent to a Reformatory School, or \r\n \r\n(b) until the term of his original sentence expires, whichever event may first \r\nhappen. Should the term of his original sentence first expire, he shall \r\nthereupon be released, but should he be sent to a Reformatory School, then \r\nthe period of detention previously undergone shall be treated as detention in \r\na Reformatory School. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs.by A.O., 1937 , for “L.G.”. \r\n \r\nPage 7 of 11 \r\n \r\n 13. Persons found to be over eighteen years not to be detained in Reformatory \r\nSchools.—(1) If at any time after a youthful offender has been sent to a Reformatory School it \r\nappears to the Committee of Visitors or Board of Management, as the case may be, that the age \r\nof such youthful offender has been understated in the order for detention, and that he will attain \r\nthe age of eighteen years before the expiration of the period for which he has been ordered to be \r\ndetained, they shall report the case for the orders of the 1[Provincial Government]. \r\n \r\n (2) No person shall be detained in a Reformatory School after he has been found by the \r\n1[Provincial Government] to have attained the age of eighteen years. \r\n \r\n 14. Discharge removal by order of Government. The 1[Provincial Government] may at \r\nany time order Discharge or any youthful offender- \r\n \r\n(a) to be discharged from a Reformatory School; \r\n \r\n(b) to be removed from one Reformatory School to another such school situate \r\nwithin the territories subject to su ch Government: Provided that the whole \r\nperiod of his detention in a Reformatory School shall not be increased by \r\nsuch removal. 2[15. Agreement between Provinces . The Provincial Governments of any two Pr ovinces \r\nmay after mutual agreement, generally or specially, notify in their respective official Gazettes that \r\nany Reformatory School situated in one of the Provinces shall be available for the reception of \r\nyouthful offenders directed to be sent to a Reformatory School by any Court or Magistrate in the \r\nother Province and may thereupon make provision for the removal of youthful offenders \r\naccordingly.] \r\n \r\n 16. Certain orders not subject to appeal or revision. —Nothing contained in the 3[Code \r\nof Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898)], shall be construed to authorise any Court or \r\nMagistrate to alter or reverse in appeal or revision any order passed with respect to the age of a \r\nyouthful offender or the substitution of an order for detention in a Reformatory School for 3[* * *] \r\nimprisonment. \r\n \r\nIII-MANAGEMENT OF REFORMATORY SCHOOLS \r\n \r\n 17. Appointment of Superintendent and Committee of Visitors or Board of \r\nManagement.—(1) For the control and management of every Reformatory School, the 1[Provincial \r\nGovernment] shall \r\n4\r\nappoint either (a) a Superintendent and a Committee of Visitors, or (b) a \r\nBoard of Management. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L. G.”; \r\n2Subs. ibid., for the original section 15. \r\n3Subs. and omitted by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 5 and Sch. IV (only to the extent of ICT). \r\n4For notification making such appointments, See different local Rules and Orders. \r\n \r\nPage 8 of 11 \r\n \r\n (2) Every Committee and every Board so appointed must consist of not less than five \r\npersons 1[* * *]. \r\n \r\n (3) The 2[Provincial Go vernment] may suspend or remove any Superintendent or any \r\nMember of a Committee or Board so appointed. \r\n \r\n 18. Superintendent may license youthful offenders to employers of labour.— (1) Every \r\nSuperintendent so appointed may, with the sanction of the Committee, by license under his hand, \r\npermit any youthful offender sent to a Reformatory School, who has attained the age of fourteen \r\nyears, to live under the charge of any trustworthy and respectable person named in the license, or any \r\nofficer of Government or of a Municipality, being an employer of labour and willing to receive and \r\ntake charge of him, on the condition that the employer shall keep such youthful offender employed at \r\nsome trade, occupation or calling. \r\n (2) The license shall be in force for three months and no longer but may, at any time \r\nand from time to time until the expiration of the period for which the youthful offender has \r\nbeen directed to be detained, be renewed for three months at a time. \r\n \r\n 19. Cancellation of license. The license shall be cancelled at the desire of the employer \r\nnamed in the license. \r\n \r\n 20. Determination of license. If during the term of the license the employer named \r\ntherein dies, or ceases from b usiness or to employ l abour, or the period for which the \r\nyouthful offender has been directed to be detained in the Reformatory School expires, the \r\nlicense shall thereupon cease and determine. \r\n \r\n 21. Cancellation of license in case of ill-treatment. If it appears to the Superintendent \r\nthat the employer of license in has ill-treated the youthful offender, or has not adequately \r\nprovided for his lodging and maintenance, the Superintendent may cancel the license. \r\n \r\n 22. Superintendent to be deemed guardian of youthful offenders .—(1) The \r\nSuperintendent of a Reformatory School shall be deemed to be the guardian of every youthful \r\noffender detained in such school, within the meaning of 1[Ordinance No. LVI of 1962]. \r\n \r\n Power to apprentice youthful offender. — (2) If it appears to the Superintendent that any \r\nyouthful offender licensed, under section 18 has behaved well during one or more periods of his \r\nlicense, t he Superintendent may, with the sanction, of the Committee, apprentice him under \r\nthe provisions of the said Act, and on such apprenticement the right to detain such youthful \r\noffender in a Reformatory School shall cease, and the unexpired term (if any) of his sentence shall \r\nbe cancelled. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. and omitted by Ord. XXVII of 1981, s. 5 and Sch. IV (only to the extent of ICT). \r\n2Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”. \r\n \r\nPage 9 of 11 \r\n \r\n 23. Duties of Committee of Visitors. — (1) Every Committee of Visitors appointed \r\nunder section 17 for a Reformatory School shall, at least once in every month— \r\n \r\n(a) visit the school, to hear complaints and see that the requirements of section \r\n6 have been complied with, and that the management of the school is \r\nproper in all respects; \r\n \r\n(b) examine the punishment-book; \r\n \r\n(c) bring any special cases to the notice of the Inspector-General; and \r\n \r\n(d) see that no person is illegally detained in the School. \r\n \r\n \r\n (2) If any member of a Committee of Visitors so appointed fails or neglects, during a \r\nperiod of six consecutive months, to visit the school and assist in the discharge of the duties \r\naforesaid, he shall cease to be a member of such Committee. \r\n \r\n 24. Powers of Board of Management. If, in exercise of the power conferred by section \r\n17, the 1[Provincial Government] appoints a Board of Management for any Reformatory School, \r\nsuch Board shall have the powers and perform the functions of the Superintendent under \r\nsections 18 to 22, both inclusive; and the license mentioned in section 18 may be under the hand \r\nof their chairman; and they shall be deemed to be the guardians of the youthf ul offenders \r\ndetained in such school. \r\n \r\n 25. Power to appoint Trustees or other Managers of a school to be a Board of \r\nManagement. The 1[Provincial Government] may declare a ny body of Trustees or Managers \r\nof a school, who are willing to act in conformity with the rules referred to in section 5, clause (b), to \r\nbe a Board of Management under this Act, and thereupon such body or Manager shall have all the \r\npowers and perform all the functions of such Board of Management. \r\n 26. Power of Board to make rules.— (1) With the previous sanction of the \r\n1[Provincial Government], every Board of Management of a Reformatory School may from time to \r\ntime make rules consistent with this Act– \r\n \r\n(i) to prescribe the articles which are to be deemed to be “prohibited articles”; and \r\n(ii) to regulate— \r\n(a) the conduct of business of the Board; \r\n \r\n(b) the management of the school; \r\n \r\n(c) the education and industrial training of youthful offenders; \r\n \r\n(d) visits to, and communication with, youthful offenders; \r\n \r\n \r\nlSubs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”. \r\n \r\nPage 10 of 11 \r\n \r\n(e) the terms and conditions under which any articles declared by the Board \r\nto be “prohibited articles” may be introdu ced into or removed out of t he \r\nschool; \r\n \r\n(f) the manner in which such articles are to be removed when introduced without \r\ndue authority; \r\n \r\n(g) the conditions and li mitations un der whi ch su ch articles may be suppli ed \r\noutside the school to any youthful offender under order of detention therein; \r\n \r\n(h) the conditions on which the possession by any such youthful offender of \r\nsuch articles may be sanctioned; \r\n \r\n(i) the penalties to be imposed for the supply or possession of such articles when \r\nsupplied or possessed without due authority; \r\n \r\n(j) the punishment of offences committed by youthful offenders; and \r\n \r\n(k) the granting of licenses for the employment of youthful offenders. \r\n \r\n (2) In the absence of a Board of Management the 1[Provincial Government] may make rules \r\nconsistent with this Act to regulate for any Reformatory School the matters mentioned in any clause \r\nof sub-section (1), other than clause (ii), (a), and also the mode in which the Committee of Visitors \r\nshall conduct their business. \r\n \r\nIV. —OFFENCES IN RELATION TO REFORMATORY SCHOOLS \r\n \r\n 27. Penalty for introduction or removal or s upply of prohibited articles and \r\ncommunication with youthful offenders. Whoever, contrary to any rule made under section 26, \r\nintroduces or r emoves or attempts by any means whatever to introduce or remove into or \r\nfrom any Reformatory School, or supplies or attempts to supply outside the limits of any \r\nReformatory School to any youthful offender under order of detention therein, any prohibited article, \r\nand every officer or person in charge of a Reformatory School who, contrary to any such rule, \r\nknowingly suffers any such article to be introduced into or removed from any Reformatory School, \r\nto be possessed by any youthful offender detained therein, or to be supplied to any such youthful \r\noffender outside its limits, and whoever, contrary to any such rule, communicates or attempts to \r\ncommunicate with any su ch youthful offender, and whoever abets any offence made punishable \r\nunder this section, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment for a term not \r\nexceeding six months, or to fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, or to both. \r\n \r\n 28. Penalty for abetting escape of youthful offender. Whoever abets an escape, or an \r\nattempt to escape on the part of a youthful offender from a Reformatory School, or from the \r\nemployer of su ch youthful offender, shall be punis hable with imprisonment for a term which may \r\nextend to six months, or with fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, or with both. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. by. A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”. \r\n \r\nPage 11 of 11 \r\n \r\n 29. Arrest of escaped youthful offender. A Police-officer may, without orders from a \r\nMagistrate and without a warrant, arrest any youthful offender sent to a Reformatory School under \r\nthis Act, who has escaped from such school or from his employer, and take him back to such school \r\nor to his employer. \r\n \r\nV. —MISCELLANEOUS \r\n \r\n 30. [Application of Act XV of 1869 to youthful offenders detained in Reformatory Schools.] \r\nRep. by the Prisoners Act, 1900 (III of 1900), s. 53 and Schedule III. \r\n \r\n 31. Power to deal in other ways with youthful offenders including girls.—(1) \r\nNotwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other enactment for the time being in force, \r\nany Court may, if it shall think fit, instead of sentencing any youthful offender to 1[* * *] \r\nimprisonment or directing him to be detained in a Reformatory School, order him to be- \r\n \r\n(a) discharged after due admonition, or \r\n \r\n(b) delivered to his parent or to his guardian or nearest adult relative, on such \r\nparent, guardian or relative executing a bond, with or without sureties, as the \r\nCourt may require, to be responsible for the good behaviour of the youthful \r\noffender for any period not exceeding twelve months. \r\n \r\n (2) For the purposes of this section the term “youthful offender” shall include a girl. \r\n \r\n (3) The powers conferred on the Court by this section sh all be exercised only by Courts \r\nempowered by or under section 8. \r\n \r\n (4) When any youthful offender is convicted by a Court not empowered to act under this \r\nsection and the Court is of opinion that the powers conferred by this section should be exercised in \r\nrespect of such youthful offender, it may record such opinion and submit the proceedings and \r\nforward the youthful offender to the District Magistrate to whom such Court is subordinate. \r\n \r\n (5) The District Magistrate to whom the proceedings are so submitted may thereupon make \r\nsuch order or pass such sentence as he might have made or passed if the case had originally been tried \r\nby him. \r\n \r\n 32. 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