Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

REMAND CENTRES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1995 (NO. 40 OF 1995) - SECT 6

6. Section 6 of the Removal of Prisoners Act 1968 is amended—

    (a)     by omitting from subsection (1) all the words after “Territory” (first occurring);

    (b)     by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1A) A person returned to the Territory pursuant to a warrant referred to in subsection (1), shall be held in custody by the constable, some other constable or in a remand centre until released, or returned to the State, in accordance with law.”; and

    (c)     by omitting from subsection (2) “or any other constable may keep the person in custody in the Territory and may return him” and substituting “, any other constable or the person in charge of the remand centre, as the case requires, may keep the person in custody in the Territory, and that constable or person in charge may return the person”.