(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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