Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act Zimbabwe Provided that if such person is convicted on a second or subsequent occasion before he attains the age of eighteen years, it shall be lawful to prove that earlier conviction as a conviction. 352. Period of retention or supervision (1) In this section— “the period of retention” means the period during which a person shall, in terms of subsection (2), remain in a training institute, reform school, certified institution or South African institution. (2) Any person in respect of whom an order in terms of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) or paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (3) of section three hundred and fifty-one has been made shall remain in the training institute or reform school or under the supervision in which he has been placed or in the certified institution, training institute or South African institution or under the supervision or custody to which he has been transmitted in terms of the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06]— (a) until a period of three years from the date of the order has elapsed; or (b) until he is released on licence in terms of the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06]; or (c) until he has been discharged from the effect of the order in terms of the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06]; whichever is the soonest. (3) After the expiration of the period of retention of a person in a training institute, reform school or certified institution, whether by effluxion of time or release on licence, he shall remain under the supervision of the management of the training institute, reform school or certified institution— (a) for a period not exceeding three years from the time of the expiry of his period of retention; or (b) until he is discharged from the supervision in terms of the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06]; or (c) until he attains the age of twenty years; whichever is the soonest. (4) Where a court is satisfied, on the application of— (a) the Minister to whom the administration of the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06] is assigned; or (b) the parent or legal guardian of the person concerned; that a further period in a training institute, reform school or certified institution would advance the education or welfare of a person who has been placed in such an institute, school or institution and whose period of retention has expired or is about to expire, the court may order that person to return to or remain in the institute, school or institution concerned for a further period or periods, as it may fix, and may at any time revoke such order. (5) Where the Minister to whom the administration of the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06] has been assigned is satisfied that a further period in a training institute, reform school or certified institution would advance the education or welfare of a person who has been placed in such an institute, school or institution and whose period of retention has expired or is about to expire, the Minister may order that person to return to or remain in the institute, school or institution concerned for a further period or periods, as he may fix, and may at any time revoke such order: Provided that the Minister shall not make such order unless the parent or legal guardian of the person concerned has consented to the making of the order. (6) The period or aggregate of the periods fixed in terms of subsection (4) or (5) shall not extend beyond— (a) three years from the date of expiry of the period of retention of the person concerned; or By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 143