Section 34, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) Inmates shall be first admitted to a correctional centreonly on the authority of a signed warrant or other lawful order for detention, and only at the times prescribed by regulations or provided for by order or directive of the Council or the Director-General as being the hours during which inmates may be processed for admission. (2) Upon presentation of a person to be held in custody, the officer in charge is to be satisfied- (a) that the person is the person to whom the warrant or order relates; (b) of the age of the person; and (c) that the warrant or order is signed and dated and purported to be made under the authority of an enactment applicable and in force in Sierra Leone. (3) A refusal by a person to confirm his identity, or an apparent technical error in a warrant or order, shall not be grounds for refusing admission of a person under its authority; but where there is doubt as to the identity of a person or as to the validity of the warrant or order, an officer in charge shall be entitled- 20 21 Wo men officers and female Medical Admission of Appointment of police officers to perform the duties of No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 (a) to refuse the admission of the person; and (b) to require that the person be taken back to the court or person who has signed the warrant in order for matters of identity or process to be confirmed or rectified. (4) Where it appears that the person to whom the warrant or order relates is or may be under the age of 18 years, the officer in charge shall take appropriate action to bring the person before the court for confirmation of the legality of the confinement of the person in the correctional centre.