New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 23

23 Discharge of detainees from prison

(1) A detainee must be discharged from prison at the expiry of the detention order to which the detainee is subject unless there is lawful reason for continuing to hold the detainee in custody.

(2) A detainee must not be discharged from prison, or allowed leave of absence from prison, otherwise than:

(a) at the expiry of the detention order to which the detainee is subject, or

(b) in accordance with an order made by the Court.

(3) This section applies despite any other Act or law to the contrary.