Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
Section 37
Feedback & supportIn case of serious illness of a prisoner confined in a prison in which there are inadequate facilities for the treatment of that prisoner, the Officer in Charge, or in his absence, the next senior prison officer on duty may, on the certificate of a Medical Officer, make an order for the removal of the prisoner to a government hospital.
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;
Where a Medical Officer is not available to issue a certificate for the purposes of subsection (1), the Officer in Charge, or in his absence, the next senior prison officer on duty, may make an order for the removal of the prisoner to a government hospital, without a certificate of a Medical Officer.
Medical Officer
“Medical Officer” and “Dental Officer” mean the Medical Officer or Dental Officer, as the case may be, appointed under section 14;
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Where in the opinion of a medical officer of a government hospital it is necessary for a prisoner removed to the government hospital under subsection (1) or (2) to be admitted and remain in the government hospital, the medical officer of the government hospital shall transmit a certificate stating that fact to the Officer in Charge of the prison from where such prisoner was removed—
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3 and shall include the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;
upon the admission of such prisoner into the government hospital; and
upon the discharge of such prisoner from the government hospital.