Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5B · Remission of Sentences
50Z. Powers of arrest, etc.
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The offence of committing a serious breach of a mandatory aftercare condition under section 50Y(1) shall be an arrestable and bailable offence for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.
A prison officer may exercise all the powers which a police officer of equivalent rank may exercise under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in respect of an offence of committing a serious breach of a mandatory aftercare condition under section 50Y(1).
prison officer
“prison officer” means any prison officer appointed under section 20 and includes the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and any Superintendent;
To avoid doubt, where the Commissioner recalls a prisoner to prison under section 50X, the prisoner is not to be admitted to bail.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;