Victorian Current Acts

PRISONERS (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 1983

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Interpretation  
   6.      Corresponding courts and interstate laws  

   PART II--TRANSFER AT REQUEST OF PRISONER

   7.      Requests for, and orders of, transfer  
   8.      Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners  
   8A.     Effect of orders under this Part on transferred prisoners  
   9.      Repeated requests for transfer  
   10.     Receipt of request for transfer to Victoria  
   10A.    Matters to which Minister may have regard  
   11.     Reports  

   PART III--TRANSFER FOR TRIAL

   12.     Request for transfer of prisoner to participating State  
   13.     Necessary consents  
   14.     Prisoner to be brought before Magistrates' Court  
   15.     Order of transfer  
   16.     Review of decision of Magistrates' Court  
   16A.    Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners  
   17.     Prisoner brought to be returned to custody  
   18.     Request for transfer of imprisoned person to Victoria  
   19.     Request by imprisoned person for transfer to Victoria  

   PART IV--TRANSFER BACK TO ORIGINAL STATE OR TERRITORY

   20.     Return of prisoner to participating State if no sentence or shorter sentence in Victoria  
   21.     Effect of orders under this Part on joint prisoners  
   23.     Provisions ancillary to section 20  

   PART V--EFFECT OF ORDER OF TRANSFER

   24.     Transfer in custody of escort  
   25.     Transfer of sentence with prisoner  
   26.     Information to be sent to the participating State  
   27.     Sentence deemed to have been imposed in this State  
   28.     Provisions relating to translated sentences  
   29.     Translated sentences—default imprisonment  

   PART VI--MISCELLANEOUS

   30.     Notification to prisoners of certain decisions  
   31.     Lawful custody for transit through Victoria  
   32.     Escape from custody of person being transferred  
   33.     Escape from custody—penalty  
   34.     Revocation of order of transfer on escape from custody  
   35.     Regulations  
           ENDNOTES