Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part II · Constitution and Administration
6. Appropriation of prisons to categories of prisoners
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Commissioner General
“Commissioner General” means the Commissioner General of Prison appointed under subsection 10(1);
appropriate certain prisons—
for effecting the separation of different categories of prisoners;
for the training of different categories of prisoners;
or
for any other reason.
limit the categories of prisoners in certain prisons.
A prisoner of the category for which a prison is to be designated may be lawfully conveyed to and imprisoned in that prison despite the warrant or order for the imprisonment of that prisoner shall have been issued by a court not having its ordinary jurisdiction in the place where the prison is situated.
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;