Section 46, The Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act, 2014

(1) Where a medical officer reports to the Director-Generalthat an inmate is suffering from a contagious disease, the Director- General may, subject to subsection (2), by order in writing, direct the removal of that inmate to any institution or place where the inmate shall be kept and treated until such time as he is cured of the disease or until such time as he ceases to be liable to confinement in a correctional centre, whichever may first occur. (2) No order shall be made by the Director-General under subsection (1) unless and until the Director-General has received notification in writing that the person in charge of the institution or place to which he wishes to remove the inmate is able and willing to receive that inmate. (3) So long as any inmate who shall have been removed to an institution or place under this section remains in that place and remains liable to confinement in a correctional centre, the person in charge of that institution or place shall from time to time transmit to the officer in charge of the correctional centre from which that inmate 26 27 Inmates under police escort. Inmates may be transferred to an other centre. Removal of inmates with contagious diseases. Custody of persons under arrest. Inmates required as witnesses Act No. 32 of 1965. No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 No. 5 Sierra Leone Correctional Service Act 20 14 was removed, a certificate signed by the person in charge that it is in his opinion necessary that the inmate should remain in the institution or place. (4) As soon as, in the opinion of the person in charge of the institution or place to which an inmate has been removed, it is no longer necessary that the inmate should remain in the institution or place the person in charge shall transmit to the officer in charge of the correctional centre from which the inmate was removed, a certificate stating that the necessity has ceased. (5) Upon receipt of a certificate pursuant to subsection (4), the officer in charge shall– (a) if the inmate is still liable to confinement in a correctional centre, forthwith cause the inmate to be brought back to the correctional centre from which the inmate was removed or to any other correctional centre as the officer in charge thinks fit; (b) if the inmate has completed the sentence in respect of which the inmate was committed, cause the inmate to be released forthwith. (6) Every reasonable precaution shall be taken by the person in charge of an institution or place and other persons employed in the institution or place to prevent the escape of any inmate who may at any time be under treatment in the institution or place and it shall be lawful for these persons to take such measures as shall be necessary for preventing the escape of that inmate. (7) Nothing shall be done under the authority of this section which, in the opinion of the person in charge of the institution or place to which an inmate has been removed, is likely to be prejudicial to the health of that inmate.