Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Discipline and Prison Offences
76. Detention after date of discharge
Feedback & supportAny punishment lawfully imposed on a prisoner under this Act or any regulations made under this Act may be carried into effect despite the fact that the carrying into effect of the punishment may necessitate the detention of the prisoner beyond the date at which he or she would otherwise be entitled to be discharged from prison.
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 period of detention under subsection (1) must not exceed 48 hours, the period to be calculated from the last hour of the day upon which the prisoner would otherwise be entitled to be discharged.