Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00388:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00388
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 5479–7317

4  Warrant for removal of prisoner

 (1) Where the removal of a prisoner from a Territory is ordered in pursuance of this Act, the Governor‑General, or the Administrator of the Territory may, by warrant under his or her hand, direct the prisoner to be removed to the State or Territory mentioned in the order, and for that purpose to be delivered into the custody of the person named or described in the warrant, and to be held in custody and conveyed to that State or Territory, there to undergo his or her sentence or the residue thereof, until returned in pursuance of this Act or discharged.

 (2) Where a prisoner is ordered or required to be returned to the Territory from which he or she was removed, the Governor‑General or the Governor of the State or the Administrator of the Territory in which he or she is undergoing his or her sentence may, by warrant under his or her hand, direct the prisoner to be returned to the Territory from which he or she was removed, and for that purpose to be delivered into the custody of the person named or described in the warrant, and to be held in custody and conveyed to the Territory from which he or she was removed, there to undergo the residue of his or her sentence, or to be discharged or to be tried for an offence, as the case requires.

 (3) Every warrant issued in pursuance of this section shall be forthwith executed according to the tenor thereof.

 (4) Every warrant purporting to be issued in pursuance of this section, and to be under the hand of the Governor‑General or the Governor of a State or the Administrator of a Territory, shall be received in evidence in any Court of a State or Territory without further proof, and shall be evidence of the facts therein stated, and all acts done in pursuance of any such warrant shall be deemed to have been authorized by law.