Youth Justice Act 2024
533Offence to escape from youth justice custodial centre or other custody
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533 Offence to escape from youth justice custodial centre or other custody
A child or young person who is held in custody in a youth justice custodial centre must not escape, attempt to escape or be absent without lawful authority from—
(a) the youth justice custodial centre; or
(b) the legal custody of the Chief Commissioner of Police or of any police officer or youth justice custodial officer in whose legal custody the person may be.
(a) in the case of a child under 15 years of age, detention in a youth justice custodial centre for 6 months;
(b) in the case of a child 15 years of age or over, detention in a youth justice custodial centre for 12 months;
(c) in any other case, imprisonment or detention in a youth justice custodial centre for 12 months.