Victorian Current Acts

CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 78L

    (1)     This section applies if a specified officer—

        (a)     in accordance with section 78H, 78I or  78J, uses force against a prisoner on parole; or

        (b)     in accordance with section 78H, applies an instrument of restraint to a prisoner on parole.

    (2)     The specified officer must report, as soon as possible, the use of force or the application of the instrument of restraint (as the case may be) to the Commissioner.

    (3)     The Commissioner must report, as soon as possible, the use of force or the application of an instrument of restraint by the specified officer to the Secretary.

S. 78M inserted by No. 57/2016 s. 8.