Section 257 Child’s Right Act

Section 257 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Release from approved institutions, etc. It is under Part XXII (Approved Institutions and Post‐Release Supervision) of the Act.

(1) A child detained in a Children Attendance Centre or a Children Correctional Centre shall on attaining the age of eighteen years, be released, unless he is considered to quire further training and Instruction in a Youth Correctional Centre, in which case he shall be transferred to a Youth Correctional Centre.

(2) Where the Director reports to the Minister that a child detained in a Special Children Correctional Centre is attaining the age of eighteen years, is still incorrigible or is still exercising an influence on other inmates, the Minister may direct that the child be committed to a Special Youth Correctional Centre.