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Part II · Constitution and Administration

3. Power to declare prisons

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The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, to be a prison for the purposes of this Act for the imprisonment or detention of persons lawfully in custody and may in like manner declare that any such prison shall cease to be a prison for the purposes of this Act.

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Part IV

Custody and Removal of Prisoners

Part V

Employment and Prison Discipline

Part VI

Offences

Part VII

Prison Officers’ Reward Fund

Part VIII

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