BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION | 18. (1) If the minister authorizes | ||
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an inmate's absence from a correctional centre, or | |
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a young person's absence from a youth custody centre | |
| in order to be gainfully employed for wages, the minister may require that any wages earned by the inmate or young person from this employment be applied in the manner set out in subsections (4) and (5). | ||
| (2) If an inmate or young person receives compensation as a result of his or her participation in a work program, the minister may require that the compensation received by the inmate or young person be applied in the manner set out in subsections (4) and (5). | ||
| (3) If an inmate or young person is gainfully employed for wages outside of a correctional centre or youth custody centre or is participating in a work program inside or outside of a correctional centre or youth custody centre, the minister may require | ||
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the employer of the inmate or the young person, or | |
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the person who is paying compensation to the inmate or young person participating in the work program, as the case may be, | |
| to forward the total amount owed to the inmate or young person, less deductions required by law, to the person in charge of the correctional centre or youth custody centre. | ||
| (4) A person in charge of the correctional centre or youth custody centre must, subject to the minister's approval, disburse the money received by the person in the following order of priority: | ||
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the maintenance and support of the inmate's or young person's dependants in sums the minister may direct; | |
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the actual cost of travel expenses and meals for the inmate or the young person; | |
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the cost of his or her keep at the correctional centre or youth custody centre; | |
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any other expense that the minister considers is in the best interest of the inmate or the young person or the dependants of the inmate or the young person. | |
| (5) The person in charge of the correctional centre or youth custody centre must credit any balance remaining to the account of the inmate or the young person to be paid to him or her on his or her discharge from the correctional centre or youth custody centre. | ||
| (6) Despite subsections (4) and (5), the minister may waive or vary the manner of disbursing the earnings of the inmate or the young person received by the person in charge of the correctional centre or youth custody centre in any way that the person in charge in his or her discretion considers necessary for the benefit of the inmate or the young person or the dependants of the inmate or the young person. | ||
| (7) A person in charge of the correctional centre or youth custody centre receiving money under this section must keep proper records of its receipt and disbursement and account to the inmate or the young person on his or her release. | ||
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