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DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE REGULATIONS 1985 - REG 15

Visits

         (1)   A detainee shall be permitted at reasonable times to receive visits from:

                (a)    a visiting officer appointed under regulation 13;

               (b)    a medical officer;

                (c)    a chaplain;

               (d)    a legal practitioner; or

                (e)    a police officer.

         (2)   A detainee shall be permitted to receive visits from persons other than persons referred to in subregulation (1).

         (3)   Permission given under subregulation (2) to receive a visit at a detention centre may be given subject to such reasonable conditions as the officer in charge of the detention centre thinks fit.

         (4)   A visit permitted under this regulation shall take place out of the hearing, but within the sight, of a member of the staff.

         (5)   Where there are reasonable grounds for believing that a visitor to a detention centre is likely to endanger or interfere with the security or discipline of the centre the officer in charge of the centre may refuse the visitor entry to, or cause the visitor to be removed from, the centre and may use such reasonable force as is necessary for the purpose.



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