also ensure that the detained person understands the grounds for which he has been kept in custody. 206. Where the person kept in custody is a minor of between 13 and 18 years, the criminal investigation officer must keep him in a special place separate from the adult detainees. 207. The measure of police custody is applied under the effective control of the public prosecutor, his representative or where necessary, the President of the departmental court vested with the powers of the PP. In all other places where it is applied, the criminal investigation officers are duty-bound to keep a register on police custody initialed and signed by the public prosecutor and presented for checks by any prosecutor in charge of its control. 208. The time limit provided may be extended for another deadline of 48 hours under the orders of the PP, his representative or the examining magistrate and must be confirmed in writing. 209. However, the deadlines are doubled in case of crimes or offences against the security of the State, crimes and offences committed during a state of siege, a state of emergency or the application of Article 47 of the Constitution but these two cases of increasing the deadline twofold must not occur simultaneously. 210. In case of extension of police custody, the criminal investigation officer informs the detained person the grounds for the extension by informing him about the provisions set out in Article 56. He informs the detainee about his right to choose a counsel from a list of lawyers or legal persons on traineeship. An indication of these formalities is mandatory in the hearing transcript otherwise it would be deemed void. 211. The lawyer appointed is contacted by the person kept in police custody or any other person designated by the detainee or by default, by the criminal investigation officer. The lawyer can communicate with the person in custody by telephone or by other means of communication, if he cannot move there within a short period of time; such conversations must be under conditions of confidentiality. 212. In case the lawyer appointed cannot be contacted, the police criminal investigator shall indicate it in the hearing transcripts (minutes) of the person in custody. The lawyer shall be informed by the criminal investigator or under the control of the latter, by a police crime officer about the nature of the offence sought. 213. At the end of the conversation which cannot exceed 30 minutes, the lawyer, where applicable, presents written remarks which are attached to the proceedings. The lawyer cannot report this conversation to anyone during the 47