Prisoner required to give evidence may be brought up on order
51 Prisoner required to give evidence may be brought up on order
When any person is detained in any prison under sentence or awaiting trial, or on remand for any offence, or for any other cause, and a trial, inquiry, inquest, or inquisition is pending at which it is deemed necessary that such prisoner should be present, any judge, or, in criminal proceedings the Sheriff of Western Australia or the chief executive officer, within the meaning of that expression as defined in section 3 of the Prisons Act 1981, may make an order signed by him or her directing any gaoler to produce such person, and such order shall be sufficient warrant or authority to any gaoler for producing such prisoner.
[Section 51 amended: No. 31 of 1993 s. 41; No. 20 of 2013 s. 62.]
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