S.L. 217.19 Art. 46Temporary confinement.

(1) The officer in charge may order a refractory or violent detained person to be confined temporarily in special accommodation, but a detained person shall not be so confined as a punishment, or after he has ceased to be refractory or violent.

(2) A detained person shall not be confined in special accommodation for longer than twenty-four hours without a direction in writing given by the Chief Executive Officer of the Detention Services Agency.

(3) The direction shall state the grounds for the confinement and the time during which it may continue which in all cases shall not exceed three days.

(4) Notice of the direction shall be given without delay to the medical practitioner.

(5) Particulars of every case of temporary confinement shall be recorded by the officer in charge in a manner to be directed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Detention Services Agency.

(6) The officer in charge and the medical practitioner shall visit all detained persons in temporary confinement on a regular basis for as long as they remain so confined.