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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.108Discharge or release
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### sec.108 Discharge or release
On a prisoner’s discharge day or release day, the prisoner must be discharged or released at the time decided by the chief executive.
Subsection (3) applies if the prisoner’s discharge day or release day would, apart from that subsection, be—
a Saturday or Sunday; or
a public holiday throughout Queensland; or
a public holiday at the place where the prisoner is held in custody.
The prisoner must be discharged or released on the last day before the discharge day or release day that is not a day mentioned in subsection (2) (a) , (b) or (c) .
The chief executive may give a prisoner the help the chief executive reasonably considers appropriate when the prisoner is discharged or released.
help with bus or train fares
s 108 amd 2020 No. 23 s 69 s ch 1 pt 1 ; 2023 No. 14 s 12
(sec.108-ssec.1) On a prisoner’s discharge day or release day, the prisoner must be discharged or released at the time decided by the chief executive.
(sec.108-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if the prisoner’s discharge day or release day would, apart from that subsection, be— a Saturday or Sunday; or a public holiday throughout Queensland; or a public holiday at the place where the prisoner is held in custody.
(sec.108-ssec.3) The prisoner must be discharged or released on the last day before the discharge day or release day that is not a day mentioned in subsection (2) (a) , (b) or (c) .
(sec.108-ssec.4) The chief executive may give a prisoner the help the chief executive reasonably considers appropriate when the prisoner is discharged or released. help with bus or train fares
- (a) a Saturday or Sunday; or
- (b) a public holiday throughout Queensland; or
- (c) a public holiday at the place where the prisoner is held in custody.