Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)Regulations for the Administration of the Department of Correctional Services of the Republic of South AfricaChapter IV : Management, Safe Custody and Well Being of Remand Detainees26A Food and drink |
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| a) | Remand detainees may only receive food or drink sent or brought to them for consumption at the following meal and such food or drink must be appropriately wrapped or sealed. |
| b) | No article of food or drink which not clean or free from contamination will be allowed and the Head of the remand detention facility or correctional centre, as the case may be, or a correctional official authorised by him or her may examine or test such food or drink. Food or drink may only be delivered or sent during official visiting hours. |
| 2) | Food that needs preparation is not allowed and preserved or canned food may not be brought into the remand detention facility or the correctional centre, as the case may be. |
| 3) | A remand detainee shall have the right to be informed of the identity of the sender of the food or drink and retains the right not to accept it, in which case the Head of the remand detention facility or correctional centre, as the case may be, may dispose of such food or drink as he or she deems fit. |