A detainee who —
(a)
disobeys a rule of the detention centre or an order of a person having
authority to give the order; or
(b) uses
insulting or threatening language or behaves in an insulting or threatening
manner; or
(c)
prefers a false or frivolous complaint; or
(d) does
any act or omission of insubordination or misconduct subversive of the order
and good government of the detention centre; or
(e)
breaches a condition or restriction of any leave of absence from a detention
centre; or
(f)
assaults a person; or
(g)
escapes or prepares or attempts to escape from lawful custody; or
(h) is
in possession of or under the influence of drugs not lawfully issued to the
detainee or not taken as prescribed; or
(i)
is, without the permission of the superintendent, in
possession of glue containing toluene or another intoxicant; or
(j) does
not submit for the purpose of having a body sample taken when required under
this Act to do so; or
(ja)
refuses or fails to wear when required under this Act to do so a device for
the purpose of having a body sample taken or detecting the presence of a
substance in the body of the detainee; or
(k) is
in possession of a weapon or a facsimile of a weapon; or
(l)
wilfully breaks, damages or destroys property; or
(m)
behaves in a disorderly or riotous manner,
commits a detention
offence.
[Section 170 amended: No. 58 of 2004 s. 38.]