Regulations Governing the Management of Use of Guard instruments, Protective Restraints and Placement in Protective Cell in Detention Centers Article 7

The use of guard instruments may not exceed 48 hours each time except when the defendant commits violent acts or when there are other disruptive acts that cause commotions or riots and the detention center deems it necessary to continue the use. The detention center shall fill in Report on Continuous Use of Guard Instruments on the defendant prior to the expiration of the 48 hours, and may continue the use of guard instruments after the 48 hours only upon approval by the detention center official. The continuous use of guard instruments shall be less than 24 hours at a time, and the detaining court shall be notified within three days after the cease of continuous use of guard instruments.During the continuous use of guard instruments as approved in the preceding paragraph, the detention center officer shall record the observed situations of the defendant on the Observation Record of Continuous Use of Guard Instruments on the defendant.