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CAP. 115] Immigration (Vietnamese Boat People)
(Detention Centres) Rules
[1989 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
time during which the detainee is to be so kept, and shall be preserved by the Superintendent as his warrant.
(5) Particulars of every case of mechanical restraint shall be entered by the Superintendent in his journal.
(6) No mechanical means of restraint shall be used except of such patterns and in such manner and under such conditions as may be approved by the Authority.
31. Temporary confinement
The Superintendent may order any refractory or violent detainee to be temporarily confined in a cell or room.
DISCIPLINE AND CONTROL OF DETAINEES
32. Duty to report offences against discipline
All offences against discipline shall be reported to the Superintendent and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to investigate such reports as soon as reasonably practicable.
33. Segregation of detainee against whom report made
A detainee who has been reported for an offence against discipline may be kept apart from other detainees pending adjudication.
34. Power of Superintendent as to discipline
The Superintendent may interrogate any person touching any alleged offence against discipline and determine thereupon and punish the offender.
35. Offences against discipline
A detainee commits an offence against discipline if he
(a) disobeys any order of the Superintendent or of any other officer; (b) contravenes or fails to comply with any of these rules other than rules 39 to 43 inclusive;
(c) treats with disrespect any officer, or any person authorized to visit the detention centre;
(d) swears, curses or uses any abusive, insolent, indecent, threatening or other improper language or performs any indecent act or gesture;
(e) commits any assault;
(f) wilfully disfigures, damages, destroys any part of the detention centre, any Government property or any property which is not his own or converts any such property;
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