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SEGREGATION CELL


35. (1) Where, in the opinion of the director, an inmate
 (a)
exhibits behaviour likely to endanger himself or other persons, or
 (b)
obstructs or impedes the proper management, order or discipline of the correctional centre,
the director may order that the inmate be confined in his cell or a segregation cell.
    (2) An inmate confined under subsection (1) shall be released from his cell or the segregation cell to his regular program within 24 hours of the beginning of the confinement unless
 (a)
the inmate is, arising out of the circumstances giving rise to the confinement, charged with an offence under an enactment of the Province or of Canada, or
 (b)
the director has requested an examination of the inmate by 2 medical practi tioners for the purpose of removing or transferring the inmate to a Provincial mental health facility designated under the Mental Health Act.
    (3) Where the director has not, within 5 days from the beginning of the confinement of an inmate referred to in subsection (2) (b), recommended or authorized the removal or transfer of the inmate to a Provincial mental health facility, he shall at once release the inmate from his cell, or the segregation cell, to his regular program at the correctional centre.
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