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PRISONS (CORRECTIONAL SERVICES) ACT - SECT 43

Visits not to be monitored etc.

    (1)     Subject to this section, visits to a prisoner by his or her legal representative and his or her interpreter, if any, must not be monitored.

    (2)     A document passing between a prisoner and his or her legal representative during a visit must not be inspected or censored except as permitted under this Act.

    (3)     Where the legal representative of a prisoner receives a document from a prisoner during a visit and the document or the passing of the document between them constitutes an offence against a law in force in the Territory, the legal representative must disclose the contents of the document to the Attorney-General.

    (4)     The officer in charge of a prison or police prison may direct that a visit between a prisoner and his or her legal representative to be visually monitored.



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