64. Notice to parent or appropriate adult
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(1) If it appears to the Court that finds a child guilty of an offence relating to property or against the person of another, on evidence admitted or submissions made in the case against the child —
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(a) that wilful failure on the part of a parent or an appropriate adult to exercise proper care of, or supervision over, the child was likely to have substantially contributed to the commission of the offence; and
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(b) that compensation may be paid to any person for —
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(i) loss caused to the person's property whether the loss was an element of the offence charged or happened in the course of the commission of the offence, or
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(ii) injury suffered by the person, whether as the victim of the offence or otherwise, because of the commission of the offence,
the Court, on its own initiative or on application by the Director of Public Prosecutions, may decide to call on the parent or an appropriate adult to show cause, as directed by the Court, that compensation should not be paid by the parent or appropriate adult.
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(2) If the parent or an appropriate adult is present in Court when the Court decides to call on the parent or an appropriate adult to show cause, the Court may call on the parent to show cause by announcing its decision in Court.
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(3) The Court in all cases, instead of acting under subsection (2), may cause the Registrar of the High Court to give written notice to the parent or an appropriate adult to show cause, as directed by the notice, why the parent or an appropriate adult should not pay the compensation.
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(4) If the Court calls on the parent or an appropriate adult under subsection (2) or the Registrar of the High Court issues a notice under subsection (3) —
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(a) the Court shall give its reasons for so doing in writing; and
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(b) a copy of the reasons for so doing must be given, in accordance with the direction of the Court, if any, to the parent or an appropriate adult within a reasonable time before the proceedings to show cause.