Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Offences Against Women and Girls
178. Boards of Visitors
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The Minister may appoint for every place of safety a Board of Visitors to advise and make recommendations to the Director‑General on such matters as he or she may refer to it.
place of safety
“place of safety” means any place of safety established under section 177;
An appointment under subsection (1) must be published in the Gazette.
A Board of Visitors may be appointed for one or more places of safety as the Minister thinks fit.
A Board of Visitors consists of such number of persons as the Minister may determine.
Every person appointed under subsection (1) may enter at reasonable times any place of safety and make such inquiry or examination therein as appears to the person necessary and must also make such report as the Minister may require.
Despite subsection (1), the Minister may direct a Board of Visitors —
to visit any place which is established for the purposes of care and reception of women and girls and which is not a place of safety; and
to make such inquiry or examination therein as appears to the Board necessary and also to make such report as the Minister may require.
Any person who refuses admittance to any place of safety or any place referred to in subsection (5) to any member of a Board of Visitors, the Director‑General or any officer deputed by the Director‑General for the purpose or who offers any hindrance or obstruction to any such persons after his or her identity is reasonably established shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
place
“place” means any building, house, office, flat, room or cubicle or any part thereof, and any open or enclosed space and includes a ship, boat or any vessel, whether afloat or not, and any vehicle;