Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
39. Powers of Commissioner for production of prisoner in certain cases
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The Commissioner may, on proof to his or her satisfaction that the presence of any prisoner at any place is required in the interests of justice, or for the purpose of any public inquiry, by writing under the hand of the Commissioner order that the prisoner be taken to that place.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
A prisoner taken from a prison pursuant to an order made under this section must, while outside that prison, be kept in any custody that the Commissioner may by writing under the hand of the Commissioner direct, and while in that custody is deemed to be in legal custody.
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;