INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 3 Objects of Act

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 3

    The objects of this Act are:

  (a)   to facilitate the transfer of prisoners between Australia and certain countries with which Australia has entered agreements for the transfer of prisoners so that the prisoners may serve their sentences of imprisonment in their countries of nationality or in countries with which they have community ties; and

  (b)   to facilitate the transfer of prisoners to Australia from countries in which prisoners are serving sentences of imprisonment imposed by certain war crimes tribunals.