(1) If a child is convicted of an offence and the Court is satisfied that it is in the best interest and welfare of the child to make an order committing the child to the care of a fit person and ascertains on inquiry that the person is available and consents to undertake the care of the child, the Court shall summon the fit person before it for the purpose of examining him or her as to his or her fitness to be appointed.
(2) The Court, before making an order under this Act committing a child to the care of a fit person, shall ascertain the religious persuasion of the child and shall, wherever possible, in making the order, take into consideration the religious persuasion of the child.