(1) The Minister may, on the application of a police authority, by order in the Gazette, declare that any police cells or other premises under control of the police authority, shall be a legal correctional facility for the detention of inmates before, during or after trial for any period not exceeding 30 days and any such police cells or other premises are hereinafter referred to as “legalised police cells”.
(2) The maintenance of inmates confined in any legalised police cells shall be deemed to be the maintenance of inmates under this Act.
(3) The police authority shall not be entitled to any payment for the use of the legalised police cells or for services rendered by police officers in connection with the detention or removal of inmates confined in the legalised police cells.
(4) The police authority, despite anything in this section, shall at all times have a prior claim to the uninterrupted use of any legalised police cells in any district.
(5) For the purposes of this section, where there are any legalised police cells, the police authority and all persons in their employment, shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder.
(6) In this section the expression “police authority” means the Commissioner of Police or any police officer authorized by the Commissioner in that regard.