Reformatory Schools Act 1899
WHEREAS by section one of the Reformatory Schools Act, 1893, a court is empowered to order that, in certain cases therein stated, a youthful offender shall be sent to a reformatory school: And whereas it is expedient that where a court orders a youthful offender to be sent to a reformatory school, that offender shall not in the first instance be sent to a prison.