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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
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8 Treatment of remandees
(1) Functions under this Act in relation to a remandee must be exercised,
as far as practicable, as follows:
(a) to recognise and respect that the remandee must be presumed
innocent of the offence for which the remandee is remanded;
(b) to respect and protect the remandee’s human rights;
(c) to ensure the remandee’s decent, humane and just treatment;
(d) to preclude torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
(2) Also, functions under this Act in relation to a remandee’s detention
must be exercised, as far as practicable, as follows:
(a) to recognise and respect that the detention is not imposed as
punishment of the remandee;
(b) to ensure the remandee is not subject to punishment only
because of the conditions of detention;
(c) to ensure the remandee’s conditions in detention comply with
the requirements under the Corrections Management Act 2007.
(3) Subsections (1) (a) and (2) (a) do not apply if the remandee has been
convicted or found guilty of the offence for which the remandee is
remanded.
1 a convicted person remanded in custody for sentencing
2 a paroled offender remanded in custody under s 210 (Custody of offender
during board hearing adjournment)
(4) This section does not apply to the remandee if the remandee is an
offender under a sentence of imprisonment in relation to another
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