Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
32. Removal and transfer of prisoners
Feedback & supportThe Commissioner General may, by order in writing, remove or transfer all or any prisoners confined in a prison to any other prison.
Commissioner General
“Commissioner General” means the Commissioner General of Prison appointed under subsection 10(1);
No prisoner removed under subsection (1) while in the custody of a prison officer shall be deemed to have escaped although he may be taken into different jurisdictions or to different places of confinement.
prisoner
“prisoner” means a person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in a prison and in relation to a convicted prisoner, includes a prisoner released on parole;
For purposes of this section, it shall not be necessary in the order to identify a prisoner by name, but it shall be sufficient to describe the prisoner by reference to his nationality or sentence or by some other like general description.