21.1. If the person arrested is under 18 years of age, he is required to be entrusted to the director of youth protection until his appearance.
The director of youth protection shall place the person so arrested with an institution which operates a rehabilitation centre within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or a reception centre within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) and notify without delay his parents, or any other person having parental authority, of the place where he is, of the time and place at which he is to appear and of the proceedings of which he is the object.
1984, c. 4, s. 62; 1992, c. 21, s. 166; 1994, c. 23, s. 23.