CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 56A
Penalty for use or possession of a mobile phone
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 56A
Penalty for use or possession of a mobile phone
56A Penalty for use or possession of a mobile phone
(1) The governor or
Visiting Magistrate dealing with a charge relating to a correctional centre
offence arising out of the use or possession of a mobile phone or any part of
it, a mobile phone SIM card or any part of it, or a mobile phone charger or
any part of it may order that an inmate be deprived, for up to 6 months, of
such withdrawable privileges as the governor or Visiting Magistrate may
determine if satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of
the offence.
(2) To avoid doubt, if a penalty is imposed under this section
in respect of a correctional centre offence, a governor or Visiting Magistrate
must not also impose a penalty referred to in section 53 or 56, as the case
may be, in respect of the same correctional centre offence.
