Prison Act (with its variations) is a stock

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used in

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for legislation relating to

prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

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Malaysia

*The

Prison Act 1995 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

United Kingdom

*The

Prison (Escape) Act 1706 The Prison (Escape) Act 1706 ( 6 Ann. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It dealt with escapes from the King's Bench Prison and Fleet Prison. This Act is chapter 9 in common printed editions. The remainder of the Act, that was no ...

(1 Ann c 1) *The

Prison (Escape) Act 1742 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, British English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

(16 Geo 2 c 31) *The

Prison Ministers Act 1863 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(26 & 27 Vict c 79) *The

Central Criminal Court (Prisons) Act 1881 A Central Criminal Court refers to major legal court responsible for trying crimes within a given jurisdiction. Such courts include: *Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly known as the Old Bailey, the name which the Crown Court us ...

(44 & 45 Vict c 64) *The

Prison Act 1898 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correct ...

(61 & 62 Vict c 41) *The

Prison Act 1952 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, English language in England, standard English, Australian English, Australian, and Huron Historic Gaol, historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention cen ...

(15 & 16 Geo 6 & 1 Eliz 2 c 52) *The

Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(15 & 16 Geo 6 & 1 Eliz 2 c 61) *The

Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(c 45) *The

Prison Security Act 1992 The Prison Security Act 1992 (c 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 1 - Offence of prison mutiny This section reads: Section 1(6) is prospectively amended by sections 74 and 80 of, anparagraph 115of Schedule 7 to ...

(c 25) *The

Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Act 1997 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(c 38) Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland *The Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c 18) (NI) Northern Ireland Order in Council *The

Prison (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, British English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

(SI 2004/704) (NI 7) The Prison Acts 1865 to 1893 was the

collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Construction of references to citation with a group ...

of the following Acts: *The

Prison Act 1865 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

(28 & 29 Vict c 126) *The

Prison Officers Compensation Act 1868 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(31 & 32 Vict c 21) *The

Prison Act 1877 The Prison Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict c 21) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that aimed to alter the way in which British prisons were operated. Detail By the 19th century, concerns had been raised abou ...

(40 & 41 Vict c 21) *The

Prison (Officers Superannuation) Act 1878 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, British English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

(41 & 42 Vict c 63) *The

Prison Act 1884 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(47 & 48 Vict c 51) *The

Prison (Officers Superannuation) Act 1886 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, British English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

(49 & 50 Vict c 9) *The

Prison (Officers Superannuation) Act 1893 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, British English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

(56 & 57 Vict c 26) The Prisons (Scotland) Acts 1860 to 1887 was the

of the following Acts: *The

Prisons (Scotland) Act 1860 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(23 & 24 Vict c 105) *The

Lanark Prisons Act 1868 Lanark (; gd, Lannraig ; sco, Lanrik) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located 20 kilometres to the south-east of Hamilton. The town lies on the River Clyde, at its confluence with Mouse Water. In 2016, the town had a population of ...

(31 & 32 Vict c 50) *The

Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, English language in England, standard English, Australian English, Australian, and Huron Historic Gaol, historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention cen ...

(40 & 41 Vict c 53) *The

Prisons Officers Superannuation (Scotland) Act 1887 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(50 & 51 Vict c 60) The Prisons (Ireland) Acts 1826 to 1884 was the

of the following Acts:The

Short Titles Act 1896 The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a ...

, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 *The

Prisons (Ireland) Act 1826 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(7 Geo 4 c 74) *The

Prisons (Ireland) Act 1840 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(3 & 4 Vict c 44) *The Prisons (Ireland) Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict c 68) *The

Prison Officers Superannuation (Ireland) Act 1873 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(36 & 37 Vict c 51) *The

General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877 A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ...

(40 & 41 Vict c 49) *The

Prison Service (Ireland) Act 1883 His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Management Service), which is the part of His Majesty's Government charged with managing most of the prisons within England and Wal ...

(46 & 47 Vict c 25) *The

Prisons (Ireland) Amendment Act 1884 A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

(47 7 48 Vict c 36)

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