S.L. 217.19 Art. 13Detained persons’ property.

(1) Every detained person shall be entitled to retain all his personal property, other than cash, for his own use at the detention centre save where such retention is contrary to the interests of safety or security or is incompatible with the storage facilities provided at the centre.

(2) Anything, other than cash, which a detained person has at a detention centre and which he is not allowed to retain for his own use as provided in sub-regulation (1) shall be taken into the custody of the officer in charge.

(3) An inventory of a detained person’s property shall be kept, and he shall be required to sign it, after having a proper opportunity to see that it is correct.

(4) A detained person may have supplied to him and retain for his own use books, newspapers, writing materials and other relevant materials, except any that appears objectionable to the officer in charge or the Chief Executive Officer of the Detention Services Agency on grounds that it is likely to give offence to others.

(5) Any cash shall be deposited with the Principal Immigration Officer or Head Detention Services for safekeeping and a receipt issued, which the detained person shall be required to sign, after having a proper opportunity to see that it is correct.

(6) A detained person shall, exceptionally and following the authorisation to be given by the Principal Immigration Officer or Head Detention Services, be entitled to access any cash deposited with the Principal Immigration Officer or Head Detention Services for safekeeping under sub-regulation (5).

(7) Any property or cash which a detained person has deposited with, or surrendered to, the Principal Immigration Officer or Head Detention Services in accordance with these regulations shall be returned to the detained person upon his discharge from the detention centre.

(8) Any article belonging to a detained person who either dies or which remains unclaimed for a period of more than one year after his discharge from the detention centre, shall be sold and the net proceeds of the sale shall be used for the operating expenses of the detention centres.

(9) The officer in charge may confiscate any unauthorised article found in the possession of a detained person after his reception into a detention centre, or concealed or deposited anywhere within the centre.