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Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985

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42Amendments of Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952

In the [1952 c. 61.] Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952—

(a)section 7(2) (which relates to the appointment of women to visiting committees) shall cease to have effect;

(b)for subsections (1) and (1A) of section 16 (which relates to the discharge of prisoners) there shall be substituted—

“(1)Where a prisoner would, but for this subsection, be discharged on a Saturday or Sunday, he shall be discharged on the preceding Friday”;

(c)for subsection (2) of section 17 (which relates to allow ances to prisoners on discharge) there shall be substituted—

“(2)The Secretary of State may make such payments to or in respect of persons released or about to be released from prisons as he may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.”;

(d)in section 34 (which relates to the temporary detention of young offenders) after the word " institution " there shall be inserted the words " , remand centre, "; and

(e)section 35(5)(b) (which relates to special treatment for persons convicted of sedition) shall cease to have effect.

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