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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ACT

(RSC 1985 c N-27)

    Note - The Revised Statutes, 1985 came into force on December 12, 1988. Only sections pertaining to Prisons and Reformatories are reproduced.

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An Act respecting the Northwest Territories


SHORT TITLE
 
1. Short title - This Act may be cited as the Northwest Territories Act.
R.S., c. N-22, s. 1.
 
INTERPRETATION
 
2. Definitions - In this Act,
  "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories;
 
                 
 
  "Council" means the Council of the Northwest Territories;
  "Court" means the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories;
 
                 
 
R.S., 1985, c. N-27, s. 2; 1993, c. 28, s. 77, c. 41, s. 9.
 
PART I
GOVERNMENT
 
                 
 
Legislative Powers of Commissioner in Council
 
16. Legislative powers - The Commissioner in Council may, subject to this Act and any other Act of Parliament, make ordinances for the government of the Territories in relation to the following classes of subjects:
 
                 
 
 (j) the establishment, maintenance and management of prisons, jails or lock-ups designated as such by the Commissioner in Council under paragraph 40(b), the duties and conduct of persons employed therein or otherwise charged with the custody of prisoners, and all matters pertaining to the maintenance, discipline or conduct of prisoners including their employment outside as well as within a prison, jail or lock-up;
 
                 
 
R.S., 1985, c. N-27, s. 16; 1993, c. 41, s. 10.
 
                 
 
PART II
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
 
                 
 
Confinement of Prisoners
 
40. Prisons in the Territories - The following places in the Territories are prisons, jails or lock-ups for the confinement of persons charged with the commission of any offence under a statute, ordinance or other law in force in the Territories or sentenced thereunder to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years:
 (a) every guardhouse, guardroom or other place of confinement that is maintained or managed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and
 (b) every building or part thereof or other enclosure, other than those referred to in paragraph (a), that is designated as a prison, jail or lock-up for the purposes of this section and section 41 by the Commissioner in Council.
R.S., c. N-22, s. 44.
 
41. Custody of R.C.M.P., where no prison - Where it is impossible or inconvenient, by reason of absence or remoteness, to confine a person referred to in section 40 in a prison, jail or lock-up, the person may be sentenced or directed by a judge of the Court, police magistrate or justice of the peace, as the case may be, to be placed and kept in the custody of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
R.S., c. N-22, s. 44.
 
42. Regulations respecting R.C.M.P. confinement places - The Governor in Council may make rules and regulations for the management, discipline and policy of guardhouses, guardrooms or other places of confinement referred to in paragraph 40(a), for the duties and conduct of persons employed therein or otherwise charged with the custody of prisoners and for all matters pertaining to the maintenance, discipline or conduct of prisoners including their employment outside as well as within a guardhouse, guardroom or other place of confinement.
R.S., c. N-22, s. 45; 1974, c. 5, s. 15.
 
                 
 
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