Prison Act 1952

29 Notification of address by discharged prisoners

(1) Where an order has been made under section twenty-two of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948 (which, as amended by this Act, requires a court in certain circumstances to order that a person shall for a period of twelve months be subject to the provisions of this section)—

(a) the offender shall, on his next discharge from prison and thereafter from time to time, inform the appointed society of his address in accordance with such instructions as may be given to him by or on behalf of the society;

(b) if the offender fails to comply to the satisfaction of the appointed society with the aforesaid requirement to notify his address on his discharge, the society shall, and if he subsequently fails to keep the society informed of his address to their satisfaction the society may, give notice by registered post of the failure to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, and shall use their best endeavours to inform the offender that the notice has been given;

and as from the date on which any such notice has been given as aforesaid, the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall apply to the offender.

(2) It shall be the duty of the governor of a prison on the discharge from prison of an offender against whom an order has 'been made under the said section twenty-two to serve upon him a notice stating the effect of the order.

(3) The Secretary of State may by a direction in writing relieve an offender against whom an order has been made under the said section twenty-two of any requirement of this section or of the First Schedule to this Act; and any such direction may be made conditional upon the observance of such requirements as may be specified therein; and the Secretary of State may, if he is satisfied that any requirement so imposed has been contravened, cancel the direction.

(4) In this section the expression " the appointed society" means a society appointed by the Prison Commissioners for the purposes of this section, being a society approved by the Secretary of State; and the Prison Commissioners may appoint a society either to act in all cases or to act in such cases or classes of cases as they may direct.