Removal of
Prisoners (Territories)
No. 9 of 1968
An Act to amend
sections 8a and 10a of the Removal of Prisoners (Territories)
Act 1923-1962.
[Assented
to 8 May 1968]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This
Act may be cited as the Removal of
Prisoners (Territories) Act 1968.
(2.) The Removal
of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923-1962 is in this Act referred to
as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act,
may be cited as the Removal of Prisoners
(Territories) Act 1923-1968.
Commencement.
2. This Act
shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Licences
for prisoners to be at large.
3.Section
8a of the Principal Act is amended
by omitting from paragraph (b) of
sub-section (14.) the words “the Minister of State for Territories” and
inserting in their stead the words “the Minister of State for External
Territories”.
Release
of criminal lunatics.
4.Section
10a of the Principal Act is
amended by omitting from paragraph (b)