Section 24: Property of detainee

24. Property of detainee (1) Subject to this section, property belonging to a detainee and which he is allowed to retain shall be placed in the custody of the officer in charge and the officer shall keep an inventory signed by him and the detainee. (2) Any article of a perishable nature or which is likely to spread disease in an institution shall, if found in the possession of a detainee on his admission, with the approval of the Commissioner, be destroyed. (3) Where the clothes of a detainee are so old, worn out or dirty as to be useless, the officer in charge may, with the approval of the Commissioner, order them to be destroyed.