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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.128Taking prohibited thing into corrective services facility or giving prohibited thing to prisoner
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### sec.128 Taking prohibited thing into corrective services facility or giving prohibited thing to prisoner
A person must not—
take, or attempt to take, a prohibited thing into a corrective services facility; or
cause, or attempt to cause, a prohibited thing to be taken into a corrective services facility; or
give, or attempt to give, a prohibited thing to a prisoner in a corrective services facility or to a prisoner of a court; or
cause, or attempt to cause, a prohibited thing to be given to a prisoner in a corrective services facility or to a prisoner of a court.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if, for the relevant act carried out or attempted, the person has the approval of—
if the act relates to a corrective services facility or a prisoner—the chief executive; or
if the act relates to a prisoner of a court—the proper officer of the court.
In this section—
give includes send.
prohibited thing includes something that the person intends the prisoner or prisoner of a court to use to make a prohibited thing.
(sec.128-ssec.1) A person must not— take, or attempt to take, a prohibited thing into a corrective services facility; or cause, or attempt to cause, a prohibited thing to be taken into a corrective services facility; or give, or attempt to give, a prohibited thing to a prisoner in a corrective services facility or to a prisoner of a court; or cause, or attempt to cause, a prohibited thing to be given to a prisoner in a corrective services facility or to a prisoner of a court. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.128-ssec.2) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if, for the relevant act carried out or attempted, the person has the approval of— if the act relates to a corrective services facility or a prisoner—the chief executive; or if the act relates to a prisoner of a court—the proper officer of the court.
(sec.128-ssec.3) In this section— give includes send. prohibited thing includes something that the person intends the prisoner or prisoner of a court to use to make a prohibited thing.
- (a) take, or attempt to take, a prohibited thing into a corrective services facility; or
- (b) cause, or attempt to cause, a prohibited thing to be taken into a corrective services facility; or
- (c) give, or attempt to give, a prohibited thing to a prisoner in a corrective services facility or to a prisoner of a court; or
- (d) cause, or attempt to cause, a prohibited thing to be given to a prisoner in a corrective services facility or to a prisoner of a court.
- (a) if the act relates to a corrective services facility or a prisoner—the chief executive; or
- (b) if the act relates to a prisoner of a court—the proper officer of the court.