Section 28: Detention for offences related to terrorism.

(1) Where a person is arrested under reasonable suspicion of having committed any offence under sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13 or 14, the National Security Adviser or Inspector General of Police or a delegated officer not below the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police or its equivalent may, subject to this section, direct that the person arrested be detained in a custody for a period not exceeding 24 hours from his arrest, without having access to any person other than his Medical Doctor and legal counsel of the detaining agency.
(2) A direction under sub-section (1) of this section shall not be made unless there are reasonable grounds to believe that giving access to any person other than the medical doctor specified in that subsection will-
(a) lead to interference with or harm to evidence connected with an offence under sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 or 25 (6) or to interference with or physical injury to other persons;
(b) lead to the alerting of other persons suspected of having committed such an offence but not yet arrested for it ; or
(c) hinder the tracking, search and seizure of terrorist property.
(3) As soon as direction is issued under sub-section (1) of this section, the person detained shall be informed that he may, if he so wishes, be examined by a medical officer.