Housing Development Agency Act, 2008
R 385
Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)Regulations for the Administration of the Department of Correctional Services of the Republic of South AfricaChapter II : Custody of all Inmates under Conditions of Human Dignity17. Identification |
| 1) | The name, age, height, mass, full address, distinctive marks of a inmate and other particulars as may be required must be recorded in the manner prescribed by the Order. |
| 2) | the fingerprints, photographs and biometric data of an inmate must be taken, as prescribed by the Order; and; |
| 3) |
| a) | Where necessary an inmate may be taken to a medical practitioner to ascertain his or her age as contemplated in section 28(1)(e) of the Act. |
| b) | In the case of a person serving a life sentence and it is disputed whether such a person has reached the age of 65, the Head of the Correctional Centre must refer the person to a medical practitioner and if the assessment of the medical practitioner is different from what the age on any document professes to be, the National Commissioner must make a determination. |
