Places where persons in custody may be kept during transfer
252 Places where persons in custody may be kept during transfer
While being transferred from one place to another, a person in custody may be accommodated in a correctional centre, police station or court cell complex if it is necessary or convenient to do so.
If a person being transferred is under the age of 18 years, the person may also be accommodated in a detention centre (within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987) if it is necessary or convenient to do so.
A person detained in a detention centre under this section is taken to be a detainee (within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987), as if the person were a person on remand, for the period during which the person is detained in a detention centre under this section.
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