Children and Young Persons Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Provisions Applicable to Persons Being Detained in Juvenile Rehabilitation Centres, Places of Safety, Remand Homes and Places of Detention
103. Escape from juvenile rehabilitation centres or places of safety
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Every person detained under this Act in a juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety must serve the full period of his or her detention as ordered by the court and is deemed to be in lawful custody until he or she is lawfully discharged therefrom.
juvenile rehabilitation centre
“juvenile rehabilitation centre” means any institution or part thereof appointed or established under Part 6 as a juvenile rehabilitation centre;
If any person who is being detained under this Act in a juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety escapes from the juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety before the expiry of his or her period of detention —
place of safety
“place of safety” means any institution or part thereof appointed or established under Part 6 as a place of safety;
he or she may be apprehended without warrant by a police officer or an approved welfare officer and brought back to the juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety by the police officer or approved welfare officer, as the case may be; and
the period of his or her detention in the juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety is extended by the period (as computed by the person‑in‑charge of the juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety) for which he or she was at large.
Despite anything stated in this section, a person must not be detained in any juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety after he or she attains 21 years of age.[77