Ch. 52
Prison Act, 1952
15 & 16 Geo. 6
& 1 Eliz. 2
Length of sentence, release on licence and temporary discharge | |
Section | |
24. | Calculation of term of sentence. |
25. | Remission for good conduct and release on licence of persons sentenced to terms of imprisonment. |
26. | Release on licence of persons sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention. |
27. | Release on licence of persons serving imprisonment for life. |
28. | Power of Secretary of State to discharge prisoners temporarily on account of ill health. |
Discharged prisoners | |
29. | Notification of address by discharged prisoners. |
30. | Certification of Discharged Prisoners Aid Societies. |
31. | Allowance to discharged prisoner. |
32. | Expenses of return from prison of discharged prisoner. |
Provision, maintenance and closing of prisons | |
33. | Power to provide prisons, etc. |
34. | Jurisdiction of sheriff, etc. |
35. | Legal estate in prison. |
36. | Acquisition of land for prisons. |
37. | Closing of prisons. |
38. | Re-conveyance of closed prisons. |
Offences | |
39. | Assisting prisoner to escape. |
40. | Unlawful conveyance of spirits or tobacco into prison, etc. |
41. | Unlawful introduction of other articles. |
42. | Display of notice of penalties. |
Remand centres, detention centres and Borstal institutions | |
43. | Remand centres, detention centres and Borstal institutions. |
44. | Transfers from prison to Borstal institution and vice versa. |
45. | Release of person sentenced to Borstal training. |
46. | Temporary detention of persons liable to detention in a Borstal institution. |
Rules for the management of prisons and other institutions | |
47. | Rules for the management of prisons, remand centres, detention centres and Borstal institutions. |
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