| No. 31.] | Prisons Act—Amendment. | [1918. |
PRISONS ACT AMENDMENT.
9° GEO. V., No. XXI.
No. 31 of 1918.
AN ACT to amend the Prisons Act, 1903.
[Assented to 16th December, 1918.]
| B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, byand with the advice and consent of the Legislative | Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in |
| this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
| Short title. | 1. | This Act may be cited as the Prisons Act Amendment |
Act, 1918.
Amendment of
| Section 4. | 2. Section four of the Prisons Act, 1903 (hereinafter called the principal Act) is hereby amended by the insertion of the words "reformatory prison" between the words "police gaol" and "or" in the interpretation of "Prison." |
| Insertion | 3. The following new Part is hereby inserted in the prin- |
| Part | r |
inrytheEth cipal Act between Parts VI. and VII.:—
| fsoornsart | Drineipal Act. |
PART VIA.-REFORMATORY PRISONS.
64.k. (1.) The Governor may by proclamation
Lstablishrnent
| of Reformatory | (a) | set apart any suitable place to be a reformatory |
| Prisons. | prison for the reception and detention of per- sons sentenced to be detained in or ordered to be transferred to a reformatory prison; |
(b) set apart any reformatory prison or any part thereof for the detention of habitual criminals or persons of any prescribed class.
(2.) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the
Criminal Code every person detained in a reformatory
prison shall be detained during the Governor's pleasure..
Power to
| transfer persona | 64s. (1.) When any person apparently of the age |
| from gaol to |
| reformatory | of eighteen years or upwards, and not being a person on |
| Prison. | whom a subsisting indeterminate sentence has been im- |
| 1918.] | Prisons Act—Amendment. | [No. 31. |
posed, is confined in any prison under sentence of im- prisonment, it shall be the duty of the Comptroller General to consult with the Indeterminate Sentences Board appointed as hereinafter provided as to whether it is desirable that such person should be transferred to a reformatory prison.
(2.) If the Comptroller General and the Board agree that such person ought to be so transferred the Comp- troller General may make a recommendation to that effect to the Minister, specifying in the recommendation the reformatory prison to which such person should be transferred, and transmitting therewith a statement set- ting forth such person's record and the reasons for the recommendation.
The Minister shall lay such recommendation and statement before the Governor who may, by Order in Council, direct that the recommendation be carried into effect, and it shall be carried into effect accordingly, and unless such person is re-transferred under the pro- visions hereinafter contained such order shall operate as a remission of the residue of his sentence of imprison- ment.
(3.)
(4.)
No person so transferred shall be detained in the reformatory prison for any period longer than the residue of his sentence unexpired immediately prior to the making of…