Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 (Cth)

Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923

Act No. 14 of 1923 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 10 July 2008 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 73 of 2008

The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

Contents 1 Short title [see Note 1] 2 Interpretation 2A Exercise of powers of Administrator where no office of Administrator [see Note 2] 3 Removal of prisoners from Territories in certain cases 4 Warrant for removal of prisoner 5 Dealing with removed prisoner 6 Remission of portion of imprisonment 7A Sentence ceases to run while escaped prisoner at large 7B Arrest of prisoner unlawfully at large 8 Return of removed prisoner 8AA Relationship between this Act and Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983 8A Licences for prisoners to be at large 9 Application of Act to criminal lunatics 10 Application of Act to existing prisoners and criminal lunatics 10A Release of criminal lunatics 11 Evidence of act of Government of State or Territory or of Governor‑General 12 Cost of removal 13 State or Territory laws for carrying Act into effect 14 Regulations

Notes An Act relating to the Removal of Prisoners from Territories under the Authority of the Commonwealth

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923.

2 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Constable means a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police or a member of the police force of a State or Territory.

Criminal lunatic means a person detained in custody by reason of his or her having been charged with an offence, and either found to have been insane at the time of the commission of the offence, or found or certified or otherwise lawfully proved to be unfit, on the ground of his or her insanity, to be tried for the offence, and includes a person convicted of an offence and afterwards certified or otherwise lawfully proved to be insane, but does not include an aboriginal native of a Territory.