Detention offences
170 Detention offences
A detainee who —
disobeys a rule of the detention centre or an order of a person having authority to give the order; or
uses insulting or threatening language or behaves in an insulting or threatening manner; or
prefers a false or frivolous complaint; or
does any act or omission of insubordination or misconduct subversive of the order and good government of the detention centre; or
breaches a condition or restriction of any leave of absence from a detention centre; or
assaults a person; or
escapes or prepares or attempts to escape from lawful custody; or
is in possession of or under the influence of drugs not lawfully issued to the detainee or not taken as prescribed; or
is, without the permission of the superintendent, in possession of glue containing toluene or another intoxicant; or
does not submit for the purpose of having a body sample taken when required under this Act to do so; or
refuses or fails to wear when required under this Act to do so a device for the purpose of having a body sample taken or detecting the presence of a substance in the body of the detainee; or
is in possession of a weapon or a facsimile of a weapon; or
wilfully breaks, damages or destroys property; or
behaves in a disorderly or riotous manner,
commits a detention offence.
[Section 170 amended: No. 58 of 2004 s. 38.]
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