Juvenile Justice Act Article 18-6

Where a prosecutor, a judicial police officer, or the judicial police arrests, takes or discovers a person under arrest is a juvenile, provisions of the Article 18-5 shall apply mutatis mutandis.Where the offense suspected of being committed by a juvenile provided for in the preceding paragraph is manifestly with maximum punishment being imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, detention, or may only be punishable by a fine, the judicial police officer or the judicial police may, after submitting a completed written request of non-escort by facsimile or other appropriate means to the court and the request granted by the competent court, decide not to escort the said juvenile to the court and release him/her immediately. Where the said request is not granted by the competent court, the said juvenile shall be escorted to the court.Where judicial police officers or the judicial police decide not to escort the juvenile in accordance with provisions of the preceding paragraph, they shall attach the written request of non-escort granted by the court to the case file and, within seven (7) days of the decision, transfer the case file, along with other relevant evidence, to the competent juvenile court.