253FInmate use or possession of a mobile phone

253F Inmate use or possession of a mobile phone

253F Inmate use or possession of a mobile phone

(1) An inmate must not, without reasonable excuse, use or have in his or her possession in a place of detention a mobile phone or any part of it, a mobile phone SIM card or any part of it, or a mobile phone charger or any part of it.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) In this section, mobile phone includes any device that may be used, in whole or in part, for the purpose of sending or receiving voice or other data over a mobile telephone network, whether or not it may be used for any other purpose.

ss 253C–253F: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14].