Duties of manager

(1) The manager of a certified institution in which a child is detained under a detention order shall have the custody and care of, and the power and authority of a parent over, such child, and shall, (a) be responsible for seeing that the child is properly lodged, fed, cared for, and instructed; (b) permit the official visitors or any person authorised by the Minister in writing at any time to enter and inspect the buildings in which such child is lodged or instructed and to see and question the child either alone or in the presence of an officer of the institution; (c) forthwith notify the nearest magistrate and the Permanent Secretary, in the event of the death of the child or of the child leaving the institution whilst his detention order is in force; 10 (Children’s Reformation) (d) keep and produce for inspection whenever required by an official visitor or any person authorised by the Minister in writing, all detention orders in force relating to children sent to such certified institution; and (e) not remove the child from the place to which he has been sent under the detention order, except with the consent of the Minister. (2) If the manager contravenes or fails to comply with this section he shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.