250Transport and detention of persons in custody

250 Transport and detention of persons in custody

250 Transport and detention of persons in custody

(1) A person in custody may be given into the keeping of a correctional officer.

(2) A correctional officer into whose keeping a person in custody has been given—

(a) may convey the person to any correctional centre, court or other place, and

(b) may detain the person in any correctional centre or other place.

(3) A warrant of commitment or other warrant, or an order of a court or other competent authority, authorising the conveyance of a person in custody to, or the detention of a person in custody in, a correctional centre authorises a correctional officer to convey the person to the correctional centre referred to in the warrant or order.

s 250: Am 2004 No 47, Sch 1 [25].