175Possession of things by prisoners

175 Possession of things by prisoners (1) A prisoner commits an offence if: (a) the prisoner is in possession of a thing; and (b) the thing is a prohibited thing. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the prisoner has the consent of the General Manager to be in possession of the thing. prohibited thing does not include a thing that is a prohibited thing under the definition of that term in section 4 only because of paragraph (g) or (h) of the definition. Note for section 175 This section applies to a prisoner wherever the prisoner is. It is not limited to a prisoner who is at a custodial correctional facility.