Christmas Island Act 1958

Provision may be made by Ordinance:

for authorizing the making of arrangements by the Minister with the Government or an authority of a place outside the Territory (including a State or another Territory) for or in relation to:

the removal from the Territory to that place of persons who have been sentenced to imprisonment by a court having jurisdiction in respect of the Territory, for the purpose of serving their sentences in that place; or

the removal from the Territory to that place of persons found to be of unsound mind, for the purpose of detention and treatment in that place; and

for or in relation to the carrying out of any such arrangements and the custody and detention of persons during their removal in pursuance of the arrangements.

For the purposes of subsection (1), where the Governor‑General has commuted to a term of imprisonment the sentence of a person who has been sentenced to death by a court having jurisdiction in respect of the Territory, that person shall be deemed to have been sentenced to imprisonment for that term by a court having jurisdiction in respect of the Territory.

Nothing in this section affects the application, in respect of the Territory, of the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923.