Section 12 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 applies to persons dealt with under:

Section 12 applies to "a person found guilty of an offence and dealt with under the provisions of section 3 or section 4", that is, released after admonition or on probation of good conduct. Section 6 restricts imprisonment of offenders under twenty-one, section 8 deals with varying the conditions of probation and section 9 with breach of the bond.