The phrase "allow for detention" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission or provision is being made for someone to be held or detained, often in legal or educational settings.
Example: "The school policy allows for detention in cases of repeated misconduct."
Alternatives: "permit detention" or "provide for detention".
A spokesman for Brown today said the prime minister and the home secretary remained convinced of the need to introduce legislation allowing for detention beyond 28 days.
Mr. Li, a sound engineer, says his biggest hope is for the government to dismantle or limit the system of "re-education through labor," which allows for detention without trial.
The sentence generated a storm of criticism from intellectuals, bloggers and even state media, and it revived debate over China's use of re-education through labor, a system that allows for detention without trial.
In recent weeks, 225 people have been arrested in connection with the Bersih movement under various laws including the Sedition Act and Emergency Ordinance, which allows for detention without trial.
Before Saturday, 225 people had been arrested in connection with the Bersih movement under various laws, including the Sedition Act and Emergency Ordinance, which allows for detention without trial.
Some newspaper columnists and civil rights advocates contend that the case proves that antiterrorism legislation allowing for detention based on simple suspicion of illegal terrorist activity, enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, oversteps constitutional guarantees.
"This is the most draconian of the Burmese military regime's laws, which allows for detention without access to family or lawyers for 180 days at a time up to a total of 5 years, with no prospect of appeal," Mr. O'Brien said.
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He said the problem was more acute under the country's preventive laws including the Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial for up to 60 days with the possibility of extensions for years.
The suspects, all aged 20 and 21, were being held for questioning on Wednesday under the Terrorism Act, which allows for detention without charge for up to 14 days.
