Section 4808. Jurisdiction of courts

Courts  having  jurisdiction  of
  children shall have power to commit  children  to  the  school  who  are
  receivable  therein  as  set forth in section forty-eight hundred seven.
  Commitments by such courts shall be in accordance with the provisions of
  the penal law and code of criminal procedure applicable  thereto.    The
  commitment  shall  not  be  for  any  fixed  period of detention.   Such
  detention shall be conducted with a view to the improvement and  to  the
  restoration,  as  soon  as practicable, of the child so committed to its
  home, if after due investigation such home is found to be  satisfactory.
  The provisions of section four hundred eighty-six of the penal law as to
  commitments  to  institutions  shall  apply  fully to commitments to the
  school.