33. Whenever, in any case contemplated by subsection 1 of section 32, a judge cannot be conveniently reached, any person in authority may bring the child or have him brought before the prothonotary of the district or before a Clerk of the Provincial Court exercising his functions at the chief place or in the locality where the child is.
The prothonotary or the clerk before whom the child is brought shall then investigate and obtain all information contemplated by section 32 and shall make a report, in duplicate, to the Minister, on a form provided by the latter.
R. S. 1964, c. 220, s. 16; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2.