Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 10

    (1)     Functions under this Act in relation to a detainee who is a remandee must also be exercised to recognise and respect that—

        (a)     the remandee must be presumed innocent of any offence for which the remandee is remanded; and

        (b)     the detention is not imposed as punishment of the remandee.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the remandee—

        (a)     has been convicted or found guilty of the offence for which the remandee is detained; or

        (b)     is under a sentence of imprisonment in relation to another offence.

Examples—par (a)

1     a convicted person remanded in custody for sentencing

2     a paroled offender remanded in custody during an adjournment of a hearing by the sentence administration board

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).