Council for Medical Schemes Levies Act, 2000
R 385
Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)Chapter III : Custody of all Inmates under Conditions of Human DignityPart A : General requirements5. Establishment of prisons |
| 1) | The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, establish and review the establishment of correctional centres and remand detention facilities for- |
| a) | the detention and treatment of inmates; |
| b) | particular purposes in relation to inmates; or |
| c) | particular categories of inmates. |
| 2) |
| a) | Any correctional centre or remand detention facility established under subsection (1) may serve one or more districts as circumstances may require, and for the purposes of any law relating to magistrates’ courts any correctional centre or remand detention facility established to serve more than one district is deemed to be the correctional centre or remand detention facility of each district served by that correctional centre or remand detention facility. |
| b) | If there is no correctional centre or remand detention facility in a district an inmate may be detained in a police cell but not for a period longer than seven days. |
