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PRISONS ACT 1981 - SECT 23

23 .         Prisoner assigned to external facility in lawful custody

        (1)         In this section —

        external facility means a facility outside a prison that is used to confine prisoners to facilitate their being provided with opportunities for work or participation in programmes or activities.

        (2)         A prisoner who is assigned to an external facility shall be deemed to be in lawful custody while confined in that external facility.

        [Section 23 inserted by No. 65 of 2006 s. 14.]



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