Section 25: Places of remand and of detention

25. Places of remand and of detention (1) The Commissioner of Police shall, subject to the approval of the President notified in the Gazette, provide such places of remand and such places of detention as may be required for the purposes of this Act. (2) The authority or persons responsible for the management of any institution other than a prison or industrial school may, whether the institution is supported out of public funds or by voluntary contributions, but subject in the case of an institution supported out of public funds to the consent of the President, agree with the Commissioner of Police for the use of the institution or any part of it as a place of detention on such terms as may be agreed. (3) In selecting the place of remand or the place of detention to which a juvenile is to be sent, the Court or police officer shall have regard, where practicable, to the religious belief of the juvenile. (4) The President shall cause places of detention provided under this Act to be inspected and may make regulations as to— (a) the inspection of those places of detention; (b) the classification, treatment, employment and control of juveniles detained in custody in those places of detention; (c) the visit of juveniles in detention. [S. 25 amended by Act 48 of 1991.]