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(1) A Child Panel shall assist in victim-offender mediation in minor criminal matters involving a child where the circumstances of the offence are not aggravated.

(2) A Child Panel shall seek to facilitate reconciliation between the child and any person offended by the action of the child.

(3) A child appearing before a Child Panel shall be cautioned as to the implications of his action and that similar behaviour may subject him to the juvenile justice system.

(4) A Child Panel may decide to impose a community guidance order on a child with the consent of the parties concerned in the matter.

(5) A community guidance order means placing the child under the guidance and supervision of a person of good standing in the local community for a period not exceeding six months for purposes of his reform.

(6) A Child Panel may in the course of mediation propose an apology, restitution to the offended person or service by the child to the offended person.