Women and Girls Protection Act · s 13

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s 13

(1)

The Minister may provide such land as shall be necessary and erect thereon suitable buildings as a place of safety for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

Act and may defray the cost of the care, maintenance and education of all women and girls detained therein.

(2)

Any buildings erected in Brunei as a place of safety under the provisions of this section shall be declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a place of safety for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, and no place not so declared shall be used as a place of safety for the purposes of this Act.