Children and Young Persons (Weekend Detention) Regulations 2001

No. S 478

Children and Young Persons Act

(Chapter 38)

Children and Young Persons (Weekend Detention) Regulations 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 85 of the Children and Young Persons Act, the Minister for Community Development and Sports hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY MATTERS

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children and Young Persons (Weekend Detention) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2001.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“offender” means a child or young person —

(a)	in respect of whom a weekend detention order is in force; or
(b)	in respect of whom the Youth Court is considering making such an order; [S 646/2014 wef 01/10/2014]

“probation officer” —

(a)	means a person appointed to be a probation officer or volunteer probation officer under section 3 of the Probation of Offenders Act (Cap. 252);
(b)	in relation to an offender in respect of whom the Youth Court has made both a weekend detention order and a probation order under section 44(1)(e) of the Act, means the probation officer or volunteer probation officer supervising the offender under the probation order; [S 646/2014 wef 01/10/2014]

[Deleted by S 517/2020 wef 01/07/2020]

“supervising officer”, in relation to an offender, means the person under whose supervision an offender is placed during the period when a weekend detention order is in force against him;

“warden” means the person in charge of and having the management and control of the approved institution at which an offender is to serve or is serving his detention under a weekend detention order;

“weekend detention order” means an order made by the Youth Court under section 44(1)(h) of the Act.

[S 646/2014 wef 01/10/2014]

Made this 20th day of September 2001.

LIM SOO HOON

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community
Development and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCDS 76-06-01 V19; AG/LEG/SL/38/1997/1 Vol. 1]

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