Child Act 2001 · Updated to 1 Jul 2023 · Part IX · Institutions
58. Places of detention
Feedback & supportThe Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, establish or appoint such places of detention as may be required for the purposes of this Act.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister or Ministers for the time being charged with the responsibility for the matter or matters in connection with which the reference to the “Minister” is made, acting individually or jointly or in consultation, as the case may require;
A child shall ordinarily be remanded in custody in a place of detention established or appointed under this Act and situated in the same State in which is situated the Court For Children by which the child is remanded.
place
“place” includes any building, house, office, shop, flat, room or cubicle or part thereof, any open or enclosed space, and any conveyance;
The order or judgment in pursuance of which a child is committed to custody in a place of detention shall be—
delivered with the child to the person in charge of the place of detention; and
an authority for his detention in the place of detention in accordance with the terms of the order or judgment.
A child while being detained and while being conveyed to and from the place of detention shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.
The Minister—
shall cause places of detention to be inspected; and
may make regulations—
as to the classification, treatment, employment and control of children detained in such places of detention; and
to provide for the appointment of fit and proper persons to visit periodically children detained in such places of detention.