Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6A · External Placement Scheme
59I. 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 59E(1)(b);
the Commissioner revokes the external placement order under section 59F(1); or
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
the Minister cancels the external placement order under section 59H(1); and
external placement order
“external placement order” means an order made under section 59B in respect of a prisoner authorising the serving by the prisoner of his or her sentence in such place or places, outside the limits of any prison, as may be specified in the order;
in order to effect an entrance into that place, break open any outer or inner door or window of that place if the police officer cannot otherwise obtain admittance to that place.