(1) Where a minor has absconded or disappeared, the court may order any measures which it deems necessary to ensure the appearance of the infant in court It may in particular, by a reasoned decision, order that the infant be brought and detained in a prison subject to the conditions provided for in this section.
(2) The minor shall appear at the earliest possible date before the court which made the decision referred 10 in sub-section (1).
(3) Where the minor cannot be found and the interest to third parties requires that the matter be adjudicated upon, the minor shall be tried in absentia.
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In force from 27-07-2005
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