Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE (VISITING FORCES) ACT 1963 - SECT 15

             (1)  Where the designated authority of a country in relation to which this section applies requests the Attorney‑General that assistance be given in carrying out a sentence of imprisonment or detention imposed upon a person by a service tribunal of that country, the Attorney‑General may, by writing under his or her hand, authorize the reception of a person so sentenced, and his or her confinement for the whole or any part of the term of his or her sentence, in a prison or other place in Australia provided for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of offences against the laws of Australia or of a State or Territory.

             (2)  A person held in custody or under restraint or kept in confinement for the purpose of giving effect to an authority given under the last preceding subsection shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.

             (3)  The regulations may make provision with respect to the circumstances under which the persons imprisoned or detained as provided by this section may be discharged or returned to the service authorities of the country under the service law of which they were sentenced.