Section 14Part 2 — Youth Courts and Proceedings with Respect to Young Persons
Bail or detention of young person
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14. (1) Where a young person has been taken into custody (whether or not with a warrant) and cannot be brought without delay before a court, the police officer in charge of the police station to which that person is brought —
shall enquire into the case; and
may release that person on bail under section 65 of the Police Act (2021 Revision).
Where the young person is not released on bail, the police officer in charge of the police station shall, immediately and no later than three hours after the decision not to release the young person on bail —
inform the Department of Social Services and, where the young person is of compulsory school age (within the meaning of the Education Act, 2016 [Law 48 of 2016]), the Chief Education Officer of the detention of the young person;
take such steps as are practicable to ascertain the identity of a person responsible for the welfare of the young person; and
detain the young person in a detention facility for a period not exceeding forty-eight hours until that person can be brought before a court.
If it is practicable to ascertain the identity of a person responsible for the welfare of the young person, the police officer in charge of the police station shall inform that person —
that the young person has been detained;
why that person has been detained; and
where that person has been detained, unless it is not practicable to do so.
In subsection (2), section 15 and the First Schedule — “detention facility” means —
any place declared by order of the Cabinet to be a detention facility for the purposes of this Act;
any police station lock-up; or
Northward Prison, Grand Cayman.
Referenced By
- Section 2 — Definitions
section 14(4)