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CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 11 Police gaols

CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 11

Police gaols

    (1)     The Governor in Council may by Order appoint any premises or place that is not a prison to be a police gaol.

    (2)     The maximum number of persons to be detained in a police gaol is the number (if any) stated in the Order establishing the police gaol.

    (3)     The maximum period for which a person may be held in a police gaol is the period (if any) stated in the Order establishing the police gaol.

    (4)     An Order under subsection (1) comes into operation on its making or on a later date stated in the Order.

    (5)     The Minister must within 7 days after the making of an Order under subsection (1) publish a copy of the Order in the Government Gazette.

S. 11(6) amended by No. 16/1987 s. 4(3)(Sch. 1 item 7(b)).

    (6)     Any premises which were or place which was a police gaol within the meaning of section 113 or  115 of the Community Services Act 1970 as in force immediately before the commencement of this section are deemed to be appointed a police gaol under this section.

S. 11(7) repealed by No. 45/2001 s. 12.

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S. 11(7A) inserted by No. 38/1988 s. 7(1)(a), amended by Nos 35/2002 s. 7(2), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 32.2), 59/2015 s. 10(1).

    (7A)     As soon as possible after a person is received into a police gaol to serve the whole or a part of a prison sentence a police officer or police custody officer may take the person's fingerprints.

S. 11(8)(9) repealed by No. 45/2001 s. 12.

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New s. 11(8) inserted by No. 59/2015 s. 10(2).

    (8)     A fingerprint referred to in subsection (7A) may be taken—

        (a)     in a police gaol; or

        (b)     in the vicinity of a police gaol and within a police station.

S. 11A inserted by No. 2/2005 s. 5.