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Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983
27Escape charges may be dealt with in other courts
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#### 27 Escape charges may be dealt with in other courts
Where a person is arrested and charged with:
(a) an offence against section 47 of the Crimes Act 1914 in its application for the purposes of subsection 26(1) or (2) of this Act; or
(c) an ancillary offence (within the meaning of the Criminal Code) that relates to an offence against section 47 of the Crimes Act 1914 in its application for the purposes of subsection 26(1) or (2) of this Act;
the court before which the person is brought, being a court in a State or Territory, may, subject to section 80 of the Constitution, remit the charge to be dealt with by a court in another State or Territory.