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International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997
47Prisoner transferred from Australia taken to be prisoner of transfer country
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#### 47 Prisoner transferred from Australia taken to be prisoner of transfer country
On transfer of a prisoner from Australia under this Act, the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the Australian court ceases to have effect in Australia and, except as provided by section 48, the sentence of imprisonment is taken for all purposes in Australia to be a sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court or tribunal of the transfer country and the prisoner is to be a prisoner of the transfer country.