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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