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CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 55EC

Discharge of non-lethal firearm

An escort officer may discharge a firearm that is a prescribed non-lethal firearm at a person if the escort officer reasonably believes that discharging the firearm is the only practicable way to—

        (a)     prevent, control or stop a riot in a prison; or

        (b)     prevent a serious threat to the security or good order of the prison.

S. 55F inserted by No. 45/2001 s. 15.



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