Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 17 · Community Sentences
348. Short detention orders
Feedback & supportWhere an offender who is 16 years of age or above is convicted of an offence, and if the court by or before which he or she is convicted is satisfied that having regard to the circumstances, including the nature of the offence and the character of the offender, it is expedient to do so, the court may make a short detention order requiring the offender to be detained in prison for a period which must not exceed 14 days.
Sections 317 and 318 apply to a short detention order as if the order were a sentence of imprisonment passed by the court.
court
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;