Provision of places of detention

(1) Places of detention shall be provided for each judicial district as may be required for the purposes of this Act, but nothing shall prevent the same place of detention being provided for two or more judicial districts. (2) If more than one place of detention is provided for in any judicial district the Minister may determine that any such place shall be used for only some of the purposes for which places of detention are required to be provided and another place for the other purposes. (3) The authority or responsible for the management of any institution other than a prison whether supported out of public funds or by voluntary contributions, but subject in the case of an institution supported out of public funds to the consent of the Minister, may agree with the Commissioner of Police for the use of the institution or any part thereof as a place of detention on such terms as may be agreed upon between them and the Commissioner of Police. (4) In selecting the place of detention to which a child or young person is to be committed the court or police officer shall have regard to whether the place is suitable for the reception of convicted or of un- convicted persons, or of persons charged with serious offences or minor offences, as the case may be, and also, where practicable, to the religious persuasion of the child or young person.