CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 35 Arrest of escaped interstate prisoners

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 35

35 Arrest of escaped interstate prisoners

If it appears to an interstate escort, a police officer or any other person that an interstate prisoner has escaped from lawful custody, the interstate escort, police officer or person may arrest the interstate prisoner and (in the case of an interstate prisoner in escorted custody) return the interstate prisoner to the custody of the interstate escort.