Section 14

If a protector or police officer who takes a child into temporary custody under section 13(1) is of the opinion that such child is in need of medical examination or treatment, such protector or police officer may, instead of taking a child to a place of safety, present the child before a medical officer.

If at the time of being taken into custody under section 13(1) a child is a patient in a hospital, the protector or police officer who takes the child into custody may leave the child in the hospital.

If a protector or police officer does not take a child into temporary custody under section 13(1) but he is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the child 1461

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE is in need of medical examination or treatment, he may direct in writing the person who appears to have the care of the child for the time being to forthwith take the child to a medical officer.

If the person referred to in subsection (3) fails to comply within forty-eight hours with a direction made under that subsection, a protector or police officer may take the child into temporary custody for the purpose of presenting the child before a medical officer.

Medical examination and treatment.