Detention Inder Provincial Offences Act

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DETENTION UNDER
PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

53. (1) Pre-Trial Detention - Where a young person is ordered to be detained in custody under subsection 150 (4) or 151 (2) (pre-trial detention) of the Provincial Offences Act, the young person shall be detained in a place of temporary detention. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.22, s. 53 (1).
(2) Open Custody for Provincial Offences - Where a young person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the Provincial Offences Act,
(a)	the term of imprisonment shall be served in a place of open custody, subject to subsections (3) and (4) and;
(b)	section 35 of the Young Offenders Act (Canada) applies with necessary modifications;
(3) Transfer to Place of Secure Custody - Where in the opinion of the director of a place of open custody a young person held there under clause (2) (a) cannot be safely or securely detained in that place, the director may transfer the young person to a place of secure custody to be detained there. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.22, s. 53 (3).
(4) Concurrent Terms - Where a young person who is committed to secure custody under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) is sentenced concurrently to a term of imprisonment under the Provincial Offences Act, the term of imprisonment under the Provincial Offences Act shall be served in the same place as the disposition under the Young Offenders Act (Canada). R.S.O. 1990, c. M.22, s. 53 (4).
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