Prison Act, 1952
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2 Ch. 52
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
| Central administration | |
| Section | |
| 1. | General control over prisons. |
| 2. | The Prison Commissioners. |
| 3. | Officers and servants of Prison Commissioners. |
| 4. | General duties of Prison Commissioners. |
| 5. | Annual report of Prison Commissioners. |
| Visiting committees and boards of visitors | |
| 6. | Visiting committees and boards of visitors. |
| Prison officers | |
| 7. | Prison officers. |
| 8. | Powers of prison officers. |
| 9. | Exercise of office of chaplain. |
| 10. | Appointment of prison ministers. |
| 11. | Ejectment of prison officers and their families refusing to quit. |
| Confinement and treatment of prisoners | |
| 12. | Place of confinement of prisoners. |
| 13. | Legal custody of prisoner. |
| 14. | Cells. |
| 15. | Separation of male and female prisoners. |
| 16. | Photographing and measuring of prisoners. |
| 17. | Painful tests. |
| 18. | Corporal punishment in prisons. |
| 19. | Right of justice to visit prison. |
| 20. | Duty of governor to deliver calendar of prisoners. |
| 21. | Expenses of conveyance to prison. |
| 22. | Removal of prisoners for judicial and other purposes. |
| 23. | Power of constable etc. to act outside his jurisdiction. |
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