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An Act to amend the Law relating to Penal Servitude and the Prevention of Crime.
[5th August 1891]
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C1This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
(1)Where under any enactment in force when this section comes into operation a court has power to award a sentence of penal servitude, the sentence may, at the discretion of the court, be for any period not less than three years, and not exceeding either five years, or any greater period authorised by the enactment.
(2)Where under any Act now in force or under any future Act a court is empowered or required to award a sentence of penal servitude, the court may in its discretion, unless such future Act otherwise provides, award imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years . . . F1
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
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F1Words omitted (E.W.) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2) and repealed (S.) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (c. 94), Sch. 12
F2S. 1(3) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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F3Ss. 2–6 repealed by (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 10 Pt. I and (S.) Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (c. 94), Sch. 12
Section four of the Vagrancy Act 1824, as amended by section fifteen of the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871, shall be read and construed as if the provisions applying to suspected persons and reputed thieves frequenting the places and with the intent therein described, applied also to every suspected person or reputed thief loitering about or in any of the said places and with the said intent.]
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F4S. 7 repealed (E.W.) by Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47, SIF 39:1), Sch. 1 Pt. II
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F5S. 8 repealed by Prison Act 1952 (c. 52), Sch. 4 Pt. I and Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 (c. 61), Sch. 4
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F6S. 9 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX
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F7S. 10 repealed by (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 10 Pt. I and (S.) Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (c. 94), Sch. 12
This Act may be cited as the Penal Servitude Act 1891 . . . F8
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F8Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. IX
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