Supervision, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts
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34.—(1) The Director may order any person whom the Director reasonably suspects to be a drug addict to be committed, for a period not exceeding 7 days, to any place specified by the Director for the purpose of any medical examination or observation.[1/2019] (2) If, as a result of such medical examination or observation under subsection (1) or both the urine tests conducted under section 31(4)(b) or the hair test conducted under section 31A, it appears to the Director that it is necessary for any person examined or observed, or who supplied the urine specimen for the urine tests, or who supplied the hair specimens for the hair test —(a) to be subject to supervision, the Director may make a supervision order requiring that person to be subject to the supervision of an officer of the Bureau for a period not exceeding 5 years; or (b) to undergo treatment or rehabilitation or both at an approved institution, the Director may make an order in writing requiring that person to be admitted for that purpose to an approved institution.[1/2019] (2A) [Deleted by Act 1 of 2019] (3) Every person who is admitted to an approved institution under this section is to be detained in the institution for a period of 12 months unless he or she is discharged earlier by the Director or the Review Committee of the institution.[1/2019] (3A) Where a person who is admitted to an approved institution under this section is transferred from that approved institution to one or more other approved institutions or to one or more community rehabilitation centres, the combined period of his or her detention in all the approved institutions and community rehabilitation centres must not be less than 12 months unless he or she is discharged earlier by the Director or the Review Committee of the approved institution or community rehabilitation centre.[30/2012; 1/2019] (4) If the Review Committee of an approved institution or a community rehabilitation centre is of the opinion that an inmate of that institution or centre whose period of detention therein is about to expire requires further treatment or rehabilitation or both, the Committee may, by order in writing, direct that the inmate be detained in the institution or centre for a further period or periods not exceeding 12 months at any one time.[30/2012; 1/2019] (4A) [Deleted by Act 1 of 2019] (5) No person in respect of whom an order has been made under subsection (2)(b) is to be detained in an approved institution or institutions or a community rehabilitation centre or centres for a period of more than 4 years after his or her admission to any approved institution pursuant to that order.[30/2012; 1/2019]