145Correctional centre property offences

145 Correctional centre property offences

145 Correctional centre property offences

Unless authorised to do so by the Commissioner, the governor of the correctional centre or a correctional officer, an inmate must not alter, remove or otherwise interfere with or be in possession of—

(a) any lock, key, bolt, bar, ventilator or other correctional centre fixture or fitting, or

(b) any fire extinguisher, firehose, restraining equipment, electrical installation or any other appliance, equipment or property in or used in the correctional centre or the structure of the correctional centre, or

(c) any notice exhibited at the correctional centre, or

(d) any inmate’s cell card, or

(e) any other document or thing used by the governor or a correctional officer for the purpose of administration of the centre,

except in so far as it is reasonably necessary to do so in observing the normal routine of the centre.

Note.

Failure by an inmate to comply with this clause is a correctional centre offence.