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on prisoner in certain cases.

Gaols Act-Amendment.

(5.) A prisoner within the operation of this section shall, until entitled to be released, be treated as if his original term of imprisonment were unexpired.

12. ANY guard, gaoler, warder, police officer, constable, or Guard, etc., may fire other person lawfully charged with the custody of any prisoner under sentence of death or penal servitude or imprisonment for any term, may fire upon any such prisoner while attempting to escape from any prison or from any road-party or other place of work, or while attempting to assault any guard, gaoler, warder, police officer, police constable, or other person aforesaid, or any other prisoner: Provided that such firing shall appear to be necessary to prevent the escape of such prisoner, or, as the case may be, that the assault committed or attempted by such prisoner was of a character apparently dangerous to the life or likely to cause bodily harm to the person assaulted or threatened.

Regulations to include superintendent of prisons.

Debtors may be

gaol.

13. IN any regulation made or to be made under the Ordinance 12 Victoriæ, No. 7, or any Act or Ordinance amending the same, where the term gaoler is used, such term shall be read, unless the context forbids, as including the superintendent of any gaol, prison, or house of correction.

14. COMMITMENTS under the provisions of the Debtors Act, committed to police 1871, may be made to any public gaol, prison, or house of correction, or police gaol, and the powers conferred upon the Governor to remove prisoners from any gaol, prison, house of correction, or police gaol may be exercised in relation to persons committed under the said Act.

Prisoner charged with any other offence may be brought up on order,

Person in custody required to give evidence may be brought up on order.

15. ANY prisoner charged with any offence not being the offence for which he is then in custody may, upon an order made by the Judge of the Court or the Justice or Justices before whom such charge is to be tried or heard, be brought up to answer such charge without a writ of habeas corpus.

16. WHEN any person is detained in any gaol under sentence or awaiting trial, or on remand for any offence, or for any other lawful cause, and an inquiry, inquest, or inquisition is pending before a coroner at which it is deemed necessary that such person should be present, the coroner or deputy coroner before whom such inquiry, inquest, or inquisition is to be held may issue an order directing the attendance of such person at a time and place to be mentioned in the order.

17.

Gaols Act-Amendment.

17. EVERY person brought up under any order issued under Persons brought up either of the two preceding sections shall be deemed to be in the as aforesaid to be returned to custody. legal custody of the police constable, gaoler, or the officer having the temporary custody of such person and acting under such order, who shall in due course return the person into the custody from which the person shall have been so brought up.

In the name and on behalf of the King I hereby assent
to this Act.
ARTHUR LAWLEY, Governor.

By Authority: WM. ALFRED WATSON, Government Printer, Perth.

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AN ACT to authorise the Governor to exchange Perth Suburban Lots 270, 271, 272, and 273 for Swan Locations 118 and 119.

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[Assented to, 19th February, 1902.]

HEREAS Perth Suburban Lots 270, 271, 272, and 273 are reserved for the purpose of public recreation, and as such reserves are classified as of Class A: And whereas it is desirable to exchange such lands for Swan Locations 118 and 119: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and 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:

1. IT shall be lawful for the Governor to exchange Perth Suburban Lots 270, 271, 272 and 273 for Swan Locations 118 Power to exchange

and 119.

In the name and on behalf of the King I hereby assent
to this Act.

certain reserved lands.

ARTHUR LAWLEY, Governor.

By Authority: WM. ALFRED WATSON, Government Printer, Perth.

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