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the defendant

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 (1) On committing the defendant

[3] Section 123

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 (2) To avoid doubt, the place where the defendant is to be kept in custody need not be in the Territory.

[4] After subsection 159 (2)

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 (3) To avoid doubt, the place where the defendant is to be imprisoned need not be in the Territory.

Part 3 Amendment of Prisons Act 1981 (W.A.) (C.I.)

[5] Section 33

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33 Provision of fare home on release

 (1) When a prisoner is released from prison, the chief executive officer may give him or her the means of returning to his or her home or usual place of residence in the Territory by causing his fare to be paid, or by providing transport.

 (2) However, subsection (1) does not entitle a person who was a prisoner outside the Territory to be given the means to return to the Territory if, after release, he or she became ordinarily resident outside the Territory.

Part 4 Amendments of Young Offenders Act 1994 (W.A.) (C.I.)

[6] Paragraph 118 (1) (a)

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 (a) impose a term of imprisonment under Part 13 of the Sentencing Act 1995 (W.A.) (C.I.); or

[7] Subsection 118 (3)

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Note

1. Made by the Governor-General on 12 November 1998, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 November 1998.  Administered by the Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government.