South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts28—Removal of prisoner for criminal investigation, attendance in court
etc
(1) A prisoner is
entitled to attend before a court for the purpose of committal proceedings,
trial or sentence for the offence in respect of which the prisoner is being
detained or for any other offence with which he or she has been charged.
(2) Where a prisoner
is required to attend before a court whether as a party to any proceedings or
as a witness, the court hearing the proceedings may, by order, direct the CE
to cause the prisoner to be brought before the court in accordance with the
order.
(2a) If a prisoner is
required to attend before the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, the
Deputy Commissioner or an examiner under the
Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012 , the Commissioner,
Deputy Commissioner or examiner may, by order, direct the manager of the
correctional institution in which the prisoner is being detained to cause the
prisoner to be brought before the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or
examiner in accordance with the order.
(3) On the
determination or an adjournment of proceedings at which a prisoner attends
under this section, the prisoner may be returned to the
correctional institution without any further process or authority.
(4) If a
prisoner—
(a) has
been charged with an offence; or
(b) is
suspected on reasonable grounds of—
(i)
having committed an offence; or
(ii)
having knowledge or information that might assist in the
prevention or investigation of an offence,
the CE must, at the request of a police officer, release the prisoner into the
custody of the police officer for the purposes of investigation of the
offence, obtaining evidence as to the commission of the offence or identifying
the prisoner as the person who committed the offence, in accordance with law.