Catalogue description Power of Juvenile Courts to order birching of offenders over 14 years of age

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Details of MEPO 3/1961
Reference: MEPO 3/1961
Description:

Power of Juvenile Courts to order birching of offenders over 14 years of age

Date: 1943
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 48/43/261
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Closed For 85 years
Closure criterion: Contains sensitive personal information which would substantially distress or endanger a living person or his or her descendants
Lord Chancellor's Instrument: LCI 123 - Series containing both closure and accelerated opening instruments
LCI signed date: 1997 November 17
Record opening date: 01 January 2029

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