Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1984 No. 164 of 1984 - SECT 74

74. After section 194 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Persons required as witnesses before service tribunals

"194A. Where-

   (a)  a person (in this section referred to as the 'prisoner') who is
        required as a witness before a service tribunal is undergoing a
        sentence of imprisonment in a State or Territory other than the State
        or Territory in which the service tribunal is to sit during the period
        when the prisoner will be so required as a witness; and

   (b)  the prisoner is produced in the last-mentioned State or Territory in
        pursuance of an instrument, issued under the rules of procedure,
        directed to the person in charge of the prison where the prisoner is
        undergoing the sentence of imprisonment, then-

   (c)  the prisoner, while in the last-mentioned State or Territory in
        pursuance of the instrument, shall be deemed to be undergoing the
        sentence of imprisonment; and

   (d)  the person in whose custody the prisoner is placed has the same
        powers, in relation to the detention or disposition of the prisoner,
        as the person to whom the instrument was directed has in the
        first-mentioned State or Territory.".