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<\/a>CHAPTER 361
PREVENTIVE DETENTION ACT\n<\/p>\n

[SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION]\n<\/p>\n

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION\n<\/p>\n

    REGULATIONS\n<\/p>\n

        The Preventive Detention (Communication with Detainees) Regulations<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

REGULATIONS\n<\/p>\n

<\/a>THE PREVENTIVE DETENTION (COMMUNICATION WITH DETAINEES) REGULATIONS<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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(Section 4(2))\n<\/p>\n

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G.N. No. 203 of 1963\n<\/p>\n

    1.<\/b> These Regulations may be cited as the Preventive Detention (Communication With Detainees) Regulations.\n<\/p>\n

    2.<\/b> In these Regulations–\n<\/p>\n

    “Act”<\/b> means the Preventive Detention Act function a1(msg) { myWindow=window.open(”,”,’width=233,height=67,left=400 ,scrollbars=1,top=400,screenX=400,screenY=100′);myWindow.document.write(msg);}*<\/a>;\n<\/p>\n

    “detainee”<\/b> means a person detained under an order made under the Act;\n<\/p>\n

    “Minister”<\/b> means the Minister responsible for home affairs.\n<\/p>\n

    3.<\/b> No detainee shall, except with the previous authority in writing of the Minister, receive any visitor or write or receive any letter or other written communication.\n<\/p>\n

    4.<\/b> The provisions of section 89 (which relates to visits to sick prisoners), section 46 (which relates to communications with prisoners), and section 44 (which relates to visits by ministers of religion) of the Prisons Act function a2(msg) { myWindow=window.open(”,”,’width=234,height=83,left=400 ,scrollbars=1,top=400,screenX=400,screenY=100′);myWindow.document.write(msg);}*<\/a>, and of paragraph (5) of rule 13 of the Prisons Rules (which relate to the receipt of visits and the writing and receipt of letters by civil prisoners) shall not apply to any detainee.
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