Section 36: Power of Curator to represent prisoners
consolidated text (as at 1994, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
36. Power of Curator to represent prisoners
(1) Where a prisoner is unable to protect his property, the Commissioner
of Prisons shall so inform the Attorney-General who may direct the Curator
to take such measures as may be necessary to protect the property of the
prisoner and, if need be, to represent him before a Court.
(2) Notwithstanding any other enactment but subject to subsection (3),
no legal process affecting the property of a prisoner shall be valid unless it is
served on the prisoner and on the Curator.
(3) Service of process on the Commissioner of Prisons shall be sufficient
authority for him to cause the prisoner to be taken to the Court where the
action is pending.