Prisons and Reformatories Act

This version of section 2 is in force from 2002-12-31 to 2003-03-31.

2. (1) In this Act,
“designated authority”
« autorité compétente »
“designated authority” means a person or organization designated under section 7.2;
“lieutenant governor”
« lieutenant-gouverneur »
“lieutenant governor” means lieutenant governor in council;
“Minister”
“Minister”[Repealed, 1995, c. 42, s. 79]
“prison”
« prison »
“prison” means a place of confinement other than a penitentiary as defined in Part I of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act;
“prisoner”
« prisonnier »
“prisoner” means a person, other than
- (a) a child within the meaning of the Juvenile Delinquents Act, chapter J-3 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as it read immediately prior to April 2, 1984, with respect to whom no order pursuant to section 9 of that Act has been made, or
- (b) a young person within the meaning of the Young Offenders Act with respect to whom no order pursuant to section 16 of that Act has been made,
who is confined in a prison pursuant to a sentence for an offence under an Act of Parliament or any regulations made thereunder, or pursuant to a committal for failure or refusal to enter into a recognizance under section 810, 810.1 or 810.2 of the Criminal Code.
Marginal note:Custody
(2) Where a prisoner is temporarily outside a prison but under the direct charge, control or supervision of an officer or employee of a prison, the prisoner is in custody for the purposes of this Act and any other Act of Parliament.

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