Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

REMOVAL OF PRISONERS ACT 1968 (REPEALED) - SECT 8

This Act applies to and in relation to a person who was, before the commencement of this Act, placed in custody in a prison in the State for the purpose of giving effect to an order or sentence of a magistrate or court and has not been unconditionally released before the commencement of this Act, as if—

        (a)     this Act had been in force at the time he or she was so placed in custody; and

        (b)     he or she had been delivered into the custody of the officer in charge of that prison under a warrant issued under this Act in relation to that order or sentence; and

        (c)     his or her detention in the State before the commencement of this Act had been detention under this Act.