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(1) Where a juvenile or young person is convicted of an offence for which the court has power to impose a sentence of detention or imprisonment for one month or more without the option of a fine and it appears to the court that it is in the best interest of the juvenile or young offender, the court may make an order for the detention of the juvenile or young offender at a centre.

(2) Any juvenile or young offender ordered to be detained under subsection (1) may appeal against the order and the provisions of Part VIII of the Code shall apply.

(3) Where a court makes a detention order under subsection (1), it may direct that the juvenile or young offender be placed in the custody of a parent, guardian or some other fit person or be placed in a remand home and be detained there until the juvenile or young offender can be conveyed to the centre.

(4) A person detained under subsection (3) shall be deemed to be in lawful custody and the detention order or any further detention order shall be authority for the detention.