Section 19: Unconvicted detainee

19. Unconvicted detainee (1) Every person who is charged with an offence and remanded to an institution shall be delivered to the officer in charge together with a warrant of committal and the officer in charge shall deliver that person into custody in time for him to be brought before a Court at such time as the Court may order. (2) Every person arrested under a warrant or by order of a Court may, where the Court is not sitting, be delivered to an officer in charge for custody, and the officer in charge shall deliver that person into police custody in time for him to be brought before the Court at its next sitting. (3) A Probation Officer may be authorised to visit and interview a remanded detainee within sight but not within the hearing of an officer in any institution for the purpose of carrying out any enquiry either for the Court or for any other official cause.