11Police gaols

11 Police gaols (1) The Governor in Council may by Order appoint any premises or place that is not a prison to be a police gaol. (2) The maximum number of persons to be detained in a police gaol is the number (if any) stated in the Order establishing the police gaol. (3) The maximum period for which a person may be held in a police gaol is the period (if any) stated in the Order establishing the police gaol. (4) An Order under subsection (1) comes into operation on its making or on a later date stated in the Order. (5) The Minister must within 7 days after the making of an Order under subsection (1) publish a copy of the Order in the Government Gazette. S. 11(6) amended by No. 16/1987 s. 4(3)(Sch. 1 item 7(b)). (6) Any premises which were or place which was a police gaol within the meaning of section 113 or 115 of the **Community Services Act 1970** as in force immediately before the commencement of this section are deemed to be appointed a police gaol under this section. S. 11(7) repealed by No. 45/2001 s. 12. S. 11(7A) inserted by No. 38/1988 s. 7(1)(a), amended by Nos 35/2002 s. 7(2), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 32.2), 59/2015 s. 10(1). (7A) As soon as possible after a person is received into a police gaol to serve the whole or a part of a prison sentence a police officer or police custody officer may take the person's fingerprints. S. 11(8)(9) repealed by No. 45/2001 s. 12. New s. 11(8) inserted by No. 59/2015 s. 10(2). (8) A fingerprint referred to in subsection (7A) may be taken— (a) in a police gaol; or (b) in the vicinity of a police gaol and within a police station. S. 11A inserted by No. 2/2005 s. 5.