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(1) The police shall make arrangements to detain the juvenile in a part of a police station specially designated for juveniles or in a part of a police station which is separate from the area where persons other than juveniles are detained.

(2) Subsection (1) applies where the juvenile is not released on recognizance under section 14 or within forty-eight hours after the juvenile has been arrested.

(3) A juvenile shall not be allowed to associate with any person other than a relative, a lawyer or a public officer whilst detained at a police station or being transported to a remand home or place of safety.

(4) A juvenile shall be under the care of an adult of the same sex when detained in a police station or whilst being transported to a remand home or place of safety.

(5) Male juveniles shall be held separately from female juveniles.

(6) A juvenile in detention at a police station has the right to

(a) adequate food;

(b) medical treatment if required;

(c) reasonable visits from parents, guardian, lawyer or close relative; and

(d) any other conditions reasonably required for the welfare of the juvenile.