Page 13 of 15 (e) to be sent to a Juvenile Centre until he attains the age of eighteen years or till the make an order directing the juvenile offender Rehabilitation completion of period of imprisonment, whichever comes earlier. 16. was a Orders that shall not be passed with respect to a juvenile.- (l) No person who juvenile offender at the time of commission of an offence shall be awarded punishment of death. (2) No juvenile offender shail be committed to prison, ordered to labour, put in. fetters, handcuffed or given any corporal punishment at any time while in custody: Provided that if there is reasonable apprehension of the escape of the juvenile offender from custody who is more than sixteen years of age and involved in heinous offence or he is previously convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment for life, for reasons to be recorded, he may be handcuffed or put iato a solitary confinement in a Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre or observation home for a period not exceeding twenty-four hours. 17. Special provision for female juvenile.- (l) No female juvenile shall in any circumstances be apprehended or investigated by a male police officer or released on probation under supervision of a male offrcer. (2) A female juvenile shall only be kept in a Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre established or certified exclusively for female inmates. 18. Appeal.- (1) Any person convicted by accordance with the provisions (2) In case of a a Juvenile Court may prefer an appeal in ofthe Code. juvenile offender, the appeal may be preferred by guardian acting on behalf of the juvenile. (3) The Govemment or any person aggrieved by an order of acquittal passed by the Juvenile Court may, within thirty days, prefer an appeal against such order in accordance with the provisions of section 417 of the Code.