[Rev. 2012]
Prisons
CAP. 90
PART XI – YOUTH CORRECTIVE TRAINING CENTRES
66. Establishment of youth corrective training centre
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare any building, enclosure
or place, or any part thereof, to be a youth corrective training centre for the purposes
of this Act, and may, in like manner, declare that any youth corrective training centre
shall cease to be a youth corrective training centre for the purposes of this Act.
(2) No prisoner other than a person sentenced to corrective training in a youth
corrective training centre under section 67 of this Act shall be detained in a youth
corrective training centre.
(3) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, every youth corrective training
centre shall be deemed to be a prison for the purposes of this Act.
67. Corrective training may be ordered in certain circumstances
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, where a person, who
has attained the apparent age of seventeen years but has not attained the apparent
age of twenty-one years, is convicted of an offence not punishable with death, the
court may sentence such person to corrective training in a youth corrective training
centre for a period of four months:
Provided that no person shall be sentenced to corrective training in a youth
corrective training centre—
(i) if he has previously been detained in prison, a detention camp as
defined in the Detention Camps Act (Cap. 91) (now repealed), an
approved school as defined in the Children and Young Persons Act
(Cap. 141) (now repealed), or a borstal institution as defined in the
Borstal Institutions Act (Cap. 92); or
(ii) if he has previously been sentenced to corrective training in a youth
corrective training centre; or
(iii) for failure to pay any tax or rate under the Personal Tax Act (Cap. 470):
Provided further that no person shall be sentenced to corrective training in a
youth corrective training centre unless the court is satisfied that accommodation
for such person is available in a youth corrective training centre.
(2) Every person sentenced to corrective training in a youth corrective training
centre shall be deemed to be a prisoner for the purposes of this Act, including
remission of sentence.
[Act No. 8 of 1963, s. 82, Act No. 23 of 1963, s. 53, Act No. 10 of 1969, Sch.].
PART XII
EXTRA MURAL PENAL EMPLOYMENT
68. Extra mural penal employment may be ordered in lieu of imprisonment
or detention
(1) Where in any declared area, a prisoner is—
(a) sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; or
(b) committed to imprisonment for non-payment of any fine,
compensation, costs or other sum adjudged to be paid under any
written law; or
(c) sentenced to detention under the Detention Camps Ordinance,
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