Section 26: Maintenance from private resources

26. Maintenance from private resources (1) The Commissioner may authorise an unconvicted detainee to— (a) bring in or purchase food or clothing from his private resources instead of receiving the diet or clothing provided by the Service; and (b) receive cigarettes and toilet articles from his private resources. (2) (a) No food, clothing or other article belonging to an unconvicted detainee shall be given, hired, loaned or sold to any other detainee. (b) Where a detainee contravenes paragraph (a), the Commissioner may withdraw any authorisation granted under subsection (1). (3) Where an unconvicted detainee does not provide himself with food or clothing, or where the food or clothing provided under subsection (1) is, in the opinion of the officer in charge, unsatisfactory or prejudicial to good order and discipline, the detainee shall receive the food and clothing prescribed for convicted detainees. R10 – 11 [Issue 1] Reform Institutions Act