Malaysia legislation
Section 58
Section 58
(2)
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.
(3)
The order or judgment in pursuance of which a child is committed to custody in a place of detention shall be—
(a)
delivered with the child to the person in charge of the place of detention; and
(b)
an authority for his detention in the place of detention in accordance with the terms of the order or judgment.
(4)
A child while being detained and while being conveyed to and from the place of detention shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.
(5)
The Minister—
(a)
shall cause places of detention to be inspected; and
(b)
may make regulations—
(i)
as to the classification, treatment, employment and control of children detained in such places of detention; and
(ii)
to provide for the appointment of fit and proper persons to visit periodically children detained in such places of detention.
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