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(h) for the purpose of the person’s care or treatment or for the protection of
the community if he or she is, or is reasonably suspected to be, of unsound
mind, addicted to drugs or alcohol, or a vagrant; or
(i)
for the purpose of preventing the unlawful entry of the person into Fiji or of
effecting the expulsion, extradition or other lawful removal of the person
from Fiji.
(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not permit a court to make an order depriving a person of
personal liberty on the ground of failure to pay maintenance or a debt, fine or tax, unless
the court considers that the person has wilfully refused to pay despite having the means
to do so.
(3) If a person is detained pursuant to a measure authorised under a state of
emergency—
(a) the person must, as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event
within 7 days after the start of the detention, be given a statement in
writing, in a language that the person understands, specifying the grounds
of the detention;
(b) the person must be given the opportunity to communicate with, and to be
visited by—
(i)
his or her spouse, partner or next-of-kin;
(ii)
a legal practitioner;
(iii) a religious counsellor or a social worker; and
(iv) a medical practitioner;
(c) the person must be given reasonable facilities to consult with a legal
practitioner of his or her choice;
(d) the detention must, within one month and thereafter at intervals of not more
than one month, be reviewed by a court; and
(e) at any review by a court, the person may appear in person or be represented
by a legal practitioner.
(4) At any review of the detention under subsection (3), the court may make such
orders as to the continued detention of the person.
Freedom from slavery, servitude, forced labour and human trafficking
10.—(1) A person must not be held in slavery or servitude, or subjected to forced
labour or human trafficking.