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Formal Consolidation |  2000 RevEd
Appointment of lock-ups at police stations and court houses as places of detention
4.—(1)  The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint the lock-ups at such police stations and court houses to be places for the confinement of persons awaiting trial, remanded, or sentenced to such terms of imprisonment, not exceeding one month, as may be specified in each case.
(2)  A lock-up appointed as a place of confinement under subsection (1) shall not be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of this Act or of the Registration of Criminals Act (Cap. 268) and regulations made under section 84 shall not apply thereto, but every such lock-up shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of Chapter XXV of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68).
(3)  The Minister may make regulations with regard to lock-ups appointed under subsection (1) to provide for all or any of the following matters:
(a)the inspection and management of such lock-ups and the officers to be in charge thereof;
(b)the employment of persons confined therein;
(c)the diets to be supplied to such persons;
(d)the maintenance of discipline.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 1 of 2014
Appointment of lock-ups at police stations and court houses as places of detention
4.—(1)  The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint the lock-ups at such police stations and court houses to be places for the confinement of persons awaiting trial, remanded, or sentenced to such terms of imprisonment, not exceeding one month, as may be specified in each case.
(2)  A lock-up appointed as a place of confinement under subsection (1) shall not be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of this Act or of the Registration of Criminals Act (Cap. 268) and regulations made under section 84 shall not apply thereto, but every such lock-up shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of sections 313 to 332 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.
[15/2010 wef 02/01/2011]
(3)  The Minister may make regulations with regard to lock-ups appointed under subsection (1) to provide for all or any of the following matters:
(a)the inspection and management of such lock-ups and the officers to be in charge thereof;
(b)the employment of persons confined therein;
(c)the diets to be supplied to such persons;
(d)the maintenance of discipline.