12Cost of removal

#### 12 Cost of removal (1) The cost of the removal of any prisoner or criminal lunatic under this Act and of his or her maintenance while in confinement and of his or her return and of his or her being sent, after discharge or release from custody, to any place, shall be borne by the Commonwealth or, where the expenditure of the Territory from which the prisoner or criminal lunatic is removed is defrayed from the revenues of that Territory, by the Territory from which he or she is removed, and shall be paid in such manner as is arranged between the Governor‑General and the Governments of the States and Territories concerned. (2) Nothing in this Act shall affect any power to recover the whole or any part of the cost from the property of the prisoner or criminal lunatic.