BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION | 17. (1) On admission of a youth to a youth custody centre, the director shall, as soon as reasonably possible, advise a parent of the youth concerning the admission. | ||
| (2) A youth in a youth custody centre has the right to correspond directly with | ||
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the director referred to in section 34 of the Act, | |
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the Ombudsman, | |
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a person designated under section 91 (1) of the Child, Family and Community Service Act, | |
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a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province or of the Parliament of Canada, | |
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the solicitor of the youth, | |
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the parents, siblings, or other relatives of the youth, or | |
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such other persons as the director may specify. | |
| (3) Correspondence referred to in subsection (2) (f) or (g) may be examined by the director. | ||
| (4) Where, in the opinion of the director, an object enclosed with correspondence examined by the director endangers the security, discipline or operation of a youth custody centre, the director may seize the object and file it in a secure place. | ||
| (5) Where an object is seized under this section, the director shall give the youth a receipt identifying it. | ||
| (6) No correspondence described by subsection (2) (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) shall be examined under this section. | ||
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