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Christmas Island Act 1958
18DPerson deemed to be prisoner under Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923
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#### 18D Person deemed to be prisoner under Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923
Where:
(a) a person has been tried in relation to an indictable offence against a law in force in the Territory by the Supreme Court sitting in a State; and
(b) the person is convicted of that offence and sentenced to imprisonment;
the person shall be deemed:
(c) to be a prisoner within the meaning of the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923; and
(d) to have been removed to that State under that Act;
and the provisions of that Act apply (so far as they are capable of applying) in relation to the person accordingly.