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# Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877
1877 c.53
An Act to amend the Law relating to Prisons in Scotland.
[14th August 1877]

## 1 Short title. {#section-1}

This Act shall be cited for all purposes as the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877.

## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-216.}



## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1765.}



## 66 Prison Commissioners to discharge duties of department of judicial statistics. {#section-66}

The Prison Commissioners shall be the department of judicial statistics under the Judicial Statistics (Scotland) Act 1869, and shall discharge the duties of the said department, and all statutory returns relating to such statistics shall be made to them accordingly . . .

## 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-6772.}



## SCHEDULE {#schedule}

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