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Failure by prisoner to
return after leave of absence
an offence.
Introduction of unauthorized
articles
into prison.
[cf. 1952 c. 52, ss. 40 and 41.]
Possession or introduction of
prohibited articles by
prison
officers.
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Prisons
[1986 Ed.
17A. Any prisoner who has been granted leave of absence under the rules made under section 25 and who without lawful excuse fails to return to prison at or before the expiration of the period for which leave has been granted shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Added, 19 of 1969, s. 5. Amended, 11 of 1974, s. 5)
18. (1) Any person who brings, throws or in any manner introduces or conveys into any prison, or conveys to any prisoner while in custody outside the prison, or deposits in any place outside a prison with intent that it shall come into the possession of a prisoner, or carries out of a prison any arms, ammunition, weapon, instrument, intoxicating liquor, opium or other drugs, tobacco, money, clothing, provisions, letters, papers, books or any other article whatsoever shall, unless so authorized by the rules made under section 25 or by the Commissioner, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years. (Amended, 19 of 1969, s. 8, and 11 of 1974, s. 6)
(2) Any officer of the Correctional Services Department or other person employed in the prisons who contravenes or permits any contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be liable, in addition to the above punishment and any other punishment, to forfeit his office.
18A. (1) Except where authorized by rules made under section 25 or by the Commissioner, any officer of the Correctional Services Department or other person employed in the prisons who-
(a) while in a prison or proceeding into or out of a prison, has in his possession, whether on his person or in any receptacle in his custody, any prohibited article;
(b) knowingly conveys or permits or causes to be conveyed into or out of a prison, any prohibited article in any vehicle or other means of transport which is driven by him or in his charge or in which he is a passenger;
(c) brings, throws or otherwise introduces or causes to be brought, thrown or otherwise introduced into or out of a prison, any prohibited article;
(d) takes any prohibited article to or from any prisoner whether such prisoner is in a prison or in custody outside a prison;
(e) deposits any prohibited article in any place whether in a prison or outside a prison, with the intent that it shall come into the possession of a prisoner,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
(2) In subsection (1), "prohibited article" means any firearm, ammunition, weapon, instrument, explosive, harmful or deleterious