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Section 40 - Corrections Act 1986 - Visits by lawyers and their assistants — Zoe

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40 Visits by lawyers and their assistants (1) A lawyer acting in the course of the lawyer's practice may at the times fixed by the regulations enter a prison and visit a prisoner. S. 40(2) amended by No. 45/1996 s. 17(Sch. 1 item 27). (2) As well as the visits authorized by subsection (1) a lawyer acting in the course of the lawyer's practice may with the permission of the Minister, the Secretary or the Governor enter a prison and visit a prisoner. (3) With the Governor's permission, a person authorized by a lawyer to act on the lawyer's behalf in connection with the lawyer's practice may enter a prison and visit a prisoner.

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