GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 13
Care of persons pending proceedings
GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 13
Care of persons pending proceedings
13 Care of persons pending proceedings
(1) If an employee or member of the police force removes a person from any
premises under section 11 or 12, the employee or member of the police force
shall forthwith place the person in the care of the Secretary at a place
approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section.
(1A) The Minister
may delegate to the Secretary, or to any other person, the exercise of the
Minister's function to approve the place in which a person may be placed in
the care of the Secretary under this section.
(1B) The Secretary may delegate
to any person the exercise of a function delegated to the Secretary by the
Minister under subsection (1A).
(2) If a person has been removed from any
premises under section 12 and placed in the care of the Secretary, the
Secretary shall not keep the person in his or her care for more than 3 days
unless the Secretary has, before the expiration of that period, made an
application for a guardianship order in respect of the person.
