67. Provision of places of detention

Such place or places of detention as may be required for the purposes of this Act shall be provided or appointed by the Minister.

If more than one place of detention is provided or appointed the Minister may determine that any such place shall be used for some only of the purposes for which places of detention are required to be provided and another place for the other purposes.

It shall be lawful for the authority or persons responsible for the management of any institution other than a prison, whether supported out of public funds or by voluntary contributions but subject, in the case of an institution supported out of public funds, to the consent of the President, to agree with the Minister for the use of the institution or any part thereof as a place of detention on such terms as may be agreed upon.

In selecting the place of detention or a remand home to which a child or young person is to be committed the court or any police officer shall have regard to whether the place is suitable for the reception of persons found guilty or of persons not found guilty, or of persons charged with serious offences or minor offences, as the case may be, and also, where practicable, to the religious persuasion of the child or young person.

A child or young person detained in a place of detention or a remand home may be, by an order in writing of the Minister, either discharged therefrom or transferred to some other place of detention or remand home.