Section 257: Release from approved institutions, etc.

(1) A child detained in a Children Attendance Centre or a Children Correctional Centre shall, on attaining the age of eighteen years, be released, unless he is considered to require further training and instruction in a Youth Correctional Centre, in which case, he shall be transferred to a Youth Correctional Centre.
(2) Where the Director reports to the Minister that a child detained in a Special Children Correctional Centre is attaining the age of eighteen years, is still incorrigible or is still exercising an influence on other inmates, the Minister may direct that the child be committed to a Special Youth Correctional Centre.