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As published
21 Punishment of vagrants preventing children from receiving education.
(1) If a person habitually wanders from place to place and takes with him any child who has attained the age of five years, or any young person who has not attained the age at which under the enactments relating to education children cease to be of school age, he shall, unless he proves that the child or young person is not, by being so taken with him, prevented from receiving efficient education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude, be liable on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
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(3) Without prejudice to the requirements of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962, as to school attendance or to proceedings thereunder, this section shall not, during the months of April to September inclusive, apply to any child whose parent or guardian is engaged in a trade or business of such a nature as to require him to travel from place to place, if a certificate has been obtained that the child has made not less than two hundred attendances at a public school during the months of October to March immediately preceding.
Your change, as a redline
21 Punishment of vagrants preventing children from receiving education.
(1) If a person habitually wanders from place to place and takes with him any child who has attained the age of five years, or any young person who has not attained the age at which under the enactments relating to education children cease to be of school age, he shall, unless he proves that the child or young person is not, by being so taken with him, prevented from receiving efficient education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude, be liable on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
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(3) Without prejudice to the requirements of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962, as to school attendance or to proceedings thereunder, this section shall not, during the months of April to September inclusive, apply to any child whose parent or guardian is engaged in a trade or business of such a nature as to require him to travel from place to place, if a certificate has been obtained that the child has made not less than two hundred attendances at a public school during the months of October to March immediately preceding.
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