Civil Defence Act
(Chapter 42, Section 115)
Civil Defence (Detention) Regulations
Rg 3
G.N. No. S 284/1986
REVISED EDITION 1990
(25th March 1992)
[14th November 1986]
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Defence (Detention) Regulations.
Definitions
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“arrested person” means a person under arrest under the Act;
“commandant” means —
(a)
in the case of detention barracks, an officer appointed by the Commissioner as the commandant
of the detention barracks; or
(b)
in the case of a guardroom, an officer appointed by a commanding officer as the commandant of
the guardroom;
“guard” means a person responsible for the guarding of arrested persons or persons serving
detention in detention barracks or guardrooms;
“guardroom” means a place designated as a guardroom by a commanding officer with the
approval of the Commissioner;
“Head of Manpower” means the Head of the Manpower Department of the Force;
“person serving detention” means a person serving sentence of detention imposed by a
disciplinary officer;
“prison” means a prison declared as such under section 3 of the Prisons Act (Cap. 247).
Place of custody
3.
—(1) Subject to these Regulations —
(a)
arrested persons shall be kept in custody in guardrooms; and
(b)
persons sentenced to detention shall be kept in custody in detention barracks.
(2) The Head of Manpower may, however, direct that persons referred to in paragraph (1)(a)
shall be kept in custody in detention barracks and that persons referred to in paragraph (1)(b)
shall be kept in guardrooms.
Women
4. Women arrested and women serving detention shall be kept in such places and under such
conditions as the Head of Manpower may direct having due regard to decency and the special
position of such women.
Temporary place of custody
5. When a person is placed under arrest or sentenced to detention during a state of civil defence
emergency or state of emergency and he cannot be immediately delivered into a guardroom or
detention barrack, he may be kept in custody in such place as his commanding officer may
direct, except that he shall be kept under conditions which are not detrimental to his health and
that as soon as possible he shall be delivered into a guardroom or detention barrack.
Separation of persons in custody