72Custody of inmates

#### 72 Custody of inmates 72 Custody of inmates > > (1) While held in custody in a correctional centre, an inmate is taken to be in the custody of the governor of the correctional centre to which the inmate has been committed or (if the inmate has been transferred to another correctional centre in accordance with section 23 or 41C) the correctional centre to which the inmate has been transferred. > > > (2) An inmate does not cease to be in the custody of the governor of a correctional centre merely because the inmate is for the time being held in custody in some other part of a correctional complex (other than another correctional centre) of which the correctional centre forms part. > > > (2A) If the warrant for the commitment of the inmate does not identify the correctional centre the inmate must be conveyed to, the Commissioner may direct the inmate to be committed and conveyed to any correctional centre. > > > (2B) Subsection (2A) extends to warrants for the commitment of inmates issued before the commencement of the subsection. > > > (3) Despite any other provision of this Act, an inmate is not to be held in a police station or court cell complex for more than 7 days at a time. > > **s 72:** Am 2004 No 103, Sch 3 \[6\]; 2025 No 6, Sch 1\[13\].