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Criminal Justice Act 1961

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Contents: 43 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  3. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  4. 3–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  5. 8 Fines for young offenders.
  6. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  7. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  8. 11–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  9. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  10. 18 Directions as to management of approved schools.
  11. 19 Constitution of managers.
  12. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  13. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  14. 22 Penalties for assisting escape from prison, etc.
  15. 23 Prison Rules.
  16. 24 Management of prisons, etc.
  17. 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  18. 26 Transfer to serve sentence.
  19. 27 Temporary transfer.
  20. 28 Transfer for trial.
  21. 29 Removal for other judicial purposes.
  22. 30 Prisoners unlawfully at large.
  23. 31 Subsequent sentence in case of persons transferred or removed under Part III.
  24. 32 Supervision and recall.
  25. 33 Orders under Part III.
  26. 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  27. 35 Legal custody.
  28. 36 General provisions as to orders.
  29. 37 Prison Commissioners’ reports.
  30. 38 Construction of references to sentence of imprisonment, etc.
  31. 39 Interpretation.
  32. 40 Legislative powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland.
  33. 41 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
  34. 42 Application to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
  35. 43 Expenses.
  36. 44 Commencement.
  37. 45 Short title.
  38. FIRST SCHEDULE . . .
  39. SECOND SCHEDULE . . .
  40. THIRD SCHEDULE . . .
  41. FOURTH SCHEDULE MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
  42. FIFTH SCHEDULE
  43. SIXTH SCHEDULE . . .

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FOURTH SCHEDULE MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Section 41. Enactment | Amendment . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. | . . . . . .. | . . . . . .. | . . . The Criminal Justice Act, 1948. 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58. | Section eighteen shall cease to have effect. The Criminal Justice Act, 1948. 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | . . . In section thirty-eight , in subsection (4), for the words “ The Second Schedule to this Act” there shall be substituted the words “section forty five of the Prison Act, 1952” . . . . . . In section fifty-two, subsection (2) shall cease to have effect. . . .. In section eighty, in subsection (1), in the definition of “ Sentence ”, . . . and after that definition there shall be inserted the following definition:- “ ’The statutory restrictions upon the imprisonment of young offenders’ has the same meaning as in the Criminal Justice Act, 1961 ”; and in subsection (4), for the words “ this Act or section one hundred and seven of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1952 ” there shall be substituted the words “ any enactment”. The Prison Act, 1952. 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c.52 | In section thirteen, at the end of subsection (2) there shall be added the words “and while he is being taken to any place to which he is required or authorised by or under this Act to be taken, or is kept in custody in pursuance of any such requirement or authorisation ”. In section twenty-five, in subsection (2) after the word “ sentence ”, in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ and is not a person to whom section twenty of the Criminal Justice Act, 1961, applies”; in subsection (3) at the end there shall be inserted the words “ or order that a person who is under supervision as aforesaid shall cease to be under supervision.”; and for subsection (7) there shall be substituted the following subsection:- “(7) A person who is committed to prison in default of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, but not for the purpose of subsection (2) thereof, as undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for the term for which he is committed, and consecutive tem is of imprisonment shall be treated for all the purposes of this section as one term.” . . . In section forty-seven, in subsection ( 5), for the words from “ serving ” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “detained in a prison, borstal institution, or detention centre, not being persons committed in custody for trial at assizes or quarter sessions or committed to be sentenced or otherwise dealt with by quarter sessions or remanded in custody by any court ”. In section forty-nine, in subsection (2), in paragraph (a) after the word “court” there shall be inserted the words “in the United Kingdom ”. In section fifty-five, in subsection (4), for the words “ the Second Schedule to this Act ” there shall be substituted the, words “ the Criminal Justice Act, 1961 ”. . . . | . . . . . . | . . . The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland), 1953, c. 14. | In section fourteen, in subsection (2), for the words from “in pursuance” to “1953” there shall be substituted the words “under or by virtue of any enactment in that behalf in force in any part of the United Kingdom (including an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland)”. The Prison Act (Northern Ireland), 1953. c. 18. | In section thirty-eight, in subsection (3), after the word “court” there shall be inserted the words “in the United Kingdom”. The Naval Discipline Act, 1957. 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 53 | In section eighty-four, in subsection (5), for the words “or the Prison Act (Northern Ireland), 1953” there shall be substituted the words “the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, or the Criminal Justice Act, 1961”. . . . | . . .

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