Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of Children and Young Persons (Weekend Detention) Regulations 2001

Regulation 4

Matters to be explained to offender before making of order

Amended byS 646/2014 wef 01/10/2014S 517/2020 wef 01/07/2020S 646/2014 wef 01/10/2014

Before making a weekend detention order, the Youth Court shall explain the following matters to the offender:

(a)

the purpose and effect of the order (and, in particular, the conditions and requirements that may be specified in it under regulation 5(a) and the obligations of the offender under regulation 7);

(b)

the consequences which may follow under section 44(5) of the Act if he fails to comply with any of those conditions and obligations; and

(c)

that the Court has under regulation 10 the power to review the order on application of the offender, his parents or guardian, his supervising officer or probation officer, the person-in-charge of the place of detention or the warden of the approved institution, at which the offender is to serve the order, or the Director-General.