Section 8: Separation of juveniles from adults
consolidated text (as at 1998). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
8. Separation of juveniles from adults
The Commissioner of Police shall make arrangements for preventing a juvenile while detained in a police station, or while being conveyed to and from
any criminal court, or while waiting before or after attendance in any criminal
court, from associating with an adult (other than a relative), who is charged
with any offence other than an offence with which the juvenile is jointly
charged, or of which he has been jointly convicted, and for ensuring that a
girl, being a juvenile, while so detained, being conveyed or waiting, is under
the care of a woman.
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Questions this section answers
- Must police keep me separated from adult detainees while I'm held or moved as a juvenile?