Section 2: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

"aggravated correctional centre offence" means an offence declared to as such under rules made under this Act; “appellant inmate” means any convicted criminal inmate who is detained in a correctional centre as a result of a conviction which is the subject matter of an appeal notice of which has been accepted but the decision in regard to which has not been given; “civil inmate” means any inmate other than a criminal inmate; “convicted criminal inmate” means any criminal inmate under sentence of a court or court martial; “correctional centre” means a correctional centre established under this Act; “corrections officer” means any member of the Correctional Service of whatever rank; “Council” means the Sierra Leone Correctional Service Council established by section 9; “court” means any court or authority entitled to pass a sentence in a criminal case or to order a person to be detained in custody in any case; “criminal inmate” means any person duly committed to custody under the writ, warrant or order of any court exercising criminal jurisdiction or by order of a court martial; “Director” means a Director of Correctional Services. “inmate” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any correctional centre;” “Judge” means a Judge of the High Court; 2 3 Application. Interpretation. No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 “junior corrections officer” means a corrections officer of a class declared by the Minister to be a junior corrections officer ; "justice of the peace" means a justice of the peace appointed under the Courts Act, 1965; "juvenile" means a person under the apparent age of eighteen years; "Medical Officer" means either the District Medical Officer of the district in which the correctional centre is situated or, in his absence any registered or licensed Government medical practitioner or the medical officer appointed to a correctional centre if a medical officer has been so appointed; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for correctional services; "minor correctional centre offence" means an offence declared to be such under rules made under this Act; "officer-in-charge" means the corrections officer appointed by the Director to be in charge of any correctional centre and, in correctional centres where no such corrections officer has been appointed, includes an administrative officer in charge of a correctional centre; "prohibited article" means an article the introduction or removal into or out of a correctional centre of which is prohibited by this Act, "senior corrections officer " means a corrections officer of a class declared by the Minister to be a senior corrections officer; "Service" means the Sierra Leone Correctional Service; "young inmate" means an inmate who is apparently of or above the age of eighteen years and less than the age of twenty-one years. PART II–CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SIERRA LEONE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE