236Young person who is arrested may be detained in Police custody

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 234 and 235 but subject to section 244, where the chief executive (acting through the chief executive’s delegate) and a constable, being a senior sergeant or a constable who is of or above the level of position of inspector, are satisfied on reasonable grounds—

2. that a young person who has been arrested is likely to abscond or be violent; and
3. that suitable facilities for the detention in safe custody of that young person are not available to the chief executive,—
the young person may, on the joint certificate in the prescribed form of the delegate and that constable, be detained in Police custody for a period exceeding 24 hours and until appearance before the court.

4. If a joint certificate is issued under subsection (1), there shall, within 5 days after the day on which the certificate is issued, be furnished by the delegate to the chief executive and by the constable to the Commissioner of Police—

5. a copy of the certificate; and
6. a written report stating—
   1. the circumstances in which the certificate came to be issued; and
   2. the duration of the period for which the young person has been detained, or is likely to be detained, in Police custody.

7. Any delegation by the chief executive of a function or power under this section must be made to a senior employee or senior employees of the department.