Clause 3

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) Where —

persons are likely to be arrested for one or more offences that arise from the same series of acts, whether or not those acts form the same transaction; and

the number of such arrested persons is likely to be large,the Minister may, if the Minister considers it necessary to do so, by notification in the Gazette, appoint one or more places that are not police stations or court houses to be temporary lock‑ups for a period not exceeding one month for the confinement of such arrested persons.(1B) However, at the expiry of the period mentioned in subsection (1A), the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, extend the period of appointment for further periods not exceeding one month at a time if the Minister is satisfied that the circumstances warrant it under that subsection.(1C) A notification under subsection (1A) or (1B) must specify the period or the extension of the period (as the case may be) during which the place is appointed as a temporary lock‑up.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(2A) A temporary lock‑up appointed under subsection (1A), or the appointment of which is extended under subsection (1B), is not to be treated as a prison for the purposes of this Act or of the Registration of Criminals Act 1949 and regulations made under section 84 do not apply to such temporary lock‑ups.(2B) Every temporary lock‑up appointed under subsection (1A) is a lock‑up for the period appointed under subsection (1A) or extended under subsection (1B) for the purposes of this Act.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (3), the words “, and to temporary lock‑ups appointed under subsection (1A)”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “detention” in the section heading, the words “, and temporary lock‑ups”.