New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 53

53 Penalties governor may impose

(1) If, after conducting an inquiry, the governor is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of a correctional centre offence, the governor may impose one (but not more than one) of the following penalties--

(a) reprimand and caution,

(b) deprivation, for up to 56 days, of such withdrawable privileges as the governor may determine,

(c) confinement to a cell for up to 7 days, with or without deprivation of withdrawable privileges,

(d) cancellation of any right to receive payments under section 7 for up to 14 days, but to the extent only to which those payments are additional to the payments made at the base rate to inmates generally or to inmates of a class to which the inmate belongs.

(2) If, after conducting an inquiry, the governor is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of a correctional centre offence, but is of the opinion that a penalty should not be imposed--

(a) the governor may dismiss the charge, or

(b) the governor may defer imposing a penalty on condition that the inmate be of good behaviour for a specified period (not exceeding 2 months) and, if the condition is complied with, dismiss the charge after the end of that period.

(3) If, after conducting an inquiry, the governor is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the inmate is guilty of a correctional centre offence, the governor must dismiss the charge.

(4) A penalty imposed on an inmate by the governor may be revoked by the governor or by the Commissioner.