TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1983 - SECT 27 Escape charges may be dealt with in other courts

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TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1983 - SECT 27

Escape charges may be dealt with in other courts

Where a person is arrested and charged with:

(a) an offence against section 47 of the Crimes Act 1914 in its application for the purposes of subsection 26(1) or (2) of this Act; or

(c) an ancillary offence (within the meaning of the Criminal Code ) that relates to an offence against section 47 of the Crimes Act 1914 in its application for the purposes of subsection 26(1) or (2) of this Act;

the court before which the person is brought, being a court in a State or Territory, may, subject to section 80 of the Constitution, remit the charge to be dealt with by a court in another State or Territory.

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