Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)Chapter IV : Sentenced Offenders43. Location and transfer of sentenced offenders |
| 1) | A sentenced offender must be housed at a correctional centre closest to the place where he or she is to reside after release, with due regard to the availability of accommodation and facilities to meet his or her security requirements and with reference to the availability of programmes. |
| 2) | The transfer of a sentenced offender is subject to the same consideration. |
| 3) | A sentenced offender must be examined by the registered nurse or correctional medical practitioner before his or her transfer. Where such an offender is being treated by a medical practitioner, he or she must not be transferred until such an offender has been discharged from the treatment or the transfer has been approved by the correctional medical practitioner after consultation with the Head of the Correctional Centre. |
| 4) | The National Commissioner may, in consultation with the Director-General of the Department of Social Development, transfer a sentenced offender who is a child to a reform school as contemplated in the Child Care Act, 1983 (Act No. 74 of 1983), and from the date of such transfer, the provisions of section 290 of the Criminal Procedure Act will apply. |