Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Home Detention Scheme
59. Powers to enter and search
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A police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police or a police officer authorised by him or her may —
Superintendent
“Superintendent” means a Superintendent of Prisons appointed under section 20;
enter and search a place without a warrant to effect the arrest of any prisoner who has failed to return to prison after —
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;
the prisoner is recalled by the Superintendent under section 56(1)(b); or
the Commissioner revokes the home detention order under section 57(1); and
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
in order to effect an entrance into that place, break open any outer or inner door or window of that place if he or she cannot otherwise obtain admittance to that place.