Whoever takes any child from the Scotland School for Veterans' Children, or assists any child to leave the same, without an order from the board permitting such taking or leaving, and any child who leaves said school without permission so to do, shall, upon summary conviction thereof be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and in default of the payment thereof and costs, shall undergo imprisonment not to exceed ten days, or in the case of a minor, subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts, shall be dealt with by such court as in other cases of juvenile delinquency.
24 P.S. § 2698