Citation and comasacement,
Interpretation.
Administration
of addiction treatment
DENLICK,
Reception of inmates.
Personal record of inmates.
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DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES
ORDINANCE 1968
(No. 42 of 1968).
DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES REGULATIONS 1969.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance 1968, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-
1. These regulations may be cited as the Drug Addiction. Treatment Centres Regulations 1969 and shall come into opera- tion on the day appointed for the commencement of the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance 1968.
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise re- quires- "Board" means the Board of Review for an addiction treatment
centre established under regulation 6;
"Deputy Commissioner" means the Deputy Commissioner of
Prisons:
“iomate" means a person detained or ordered to be detained under
the Ordinance;
"Superintendent" means the superintendent of an addiction treat- ment centre appointed in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) of regulation 3.
3. (1) The Commissioner shall have the general charge and supervision of all addiction treatment centres.
(2) The Commissioner shaft appoint-
(4) an officer of the Prisons Department as Superintendent
of an addiction treatment centre, and
(6) such other officers of, and persons employed in, the Prisons Department for service in addiction treatment centres as he may think necessary.
4. The Superintendent of the addiction treatment centre to which an innate is directed by the Commissioner shall make or cause to be made all necessary arrangements for the reception in the addiction treatment centre of the inmate named in the order.
5. Every inmate shall, as soon as possible after his admis- sion to an addiction treatment centre, be interviewed by the Super- intendent, who shall cause such personal particulars of the inmate as the Superintendent considers desirable to be recorded.
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6. (1) There shall be established in respect of each addic- tion treatment centre a Board of Review consisting of the follow- ing persons-
(a) the Deputy Commissioner who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Superintendent:
(c) not less than three other officers of the Prisons Depart. ment or public officers, as the Commissioner may from time to time appoint.
(2) Meetings of a Board shall be held at such times and places as the Chairman may appoint but at least once in every month.
(3) At any meeting of a Board three members shall form a querum.
(4) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, a Board may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks it.
7. (D) The functions of a Board shall be---
(a) to review the progress of each inmate since his admis- sion and to make recommendations to the Commissioner relating to his release;
(b) to make recommendations to the Commissioner concern- ing the desirability of transfer to prison of any inmate who is alleged to exercise a bad influence on inmates in the addiction treatment centre.
(2) A Board, for the purpose of carrying out its functions, shall interview an inmate not more than five months after the date of the making of the detention order and thereafter shall carry out the functions specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) at least once in each month.
8. (1) If, in the opinion of the Superintendent, an inmate is exercising a bad influence on other inmates in the addiction treatmem centre, the Superintendent shall cause the inmate to be brought before the Board.
(2) The Board shall examine the record of the inmate and. after giving him an opportunity of being heard and of calling evidence, may recommend to the Commissioner that an applica. tion be made to a magistrate under subsection (1) of section 8 of the Ordinance for the transfer of the inmate to prison.
9. A supervision order shall be read and explained to an inmate by, or in the presence of, the Superintendent prior to the release of the inmate from an addiction treatment centre.
Establishment
of boards to make recom- mendations
to the Com- missioner.
Functions of a Board.
Inmates exercising bad influenco.
Supervision
order.