Female Offenders Act 1841 No 3a (NSW)

No. III.

An Act to repeal so much of an Act int i tuled

" An Act to abolish the transportation of Female, " Convicts and to provide for the more effectual " punishment of Female Offenders within the " Colony of New South Wales" as authorizes

the confinement of any Female Offender in a

Dark Cell. [29th June, 1841.1

WH E R E A S b y a n A c t of t h e Governor and Counci l of N e w W a l e s passed in t he t h i r d year of t h e re ign of H e r present

South

Majesty Queen Victor ia in t i tu led " An Act to abolish the transpor-

" tation of Female Convicts and to provide for the more effectual

"punishment of Female Offenders within the Colony of New South

" Wales" i t was amongs t other t h ings enacted t h a t female offenders m i g h t in cer ta in cases be pun i shed by confinement in t h e dark cells of any gaol or factory duly appoin ted for t h e custody of female offenders and whereas i t is expedient to repeal so m u c h of t h e said reci ted Ac t

a s ' au thor izes t he p u n i s h m e n t of female offenders by confinement in

t h e da rk cells of any such gaol or factory Be i t therefore enacted by

H i s Excel lency the Governor of N e w Sou th W a l e s w i th t he advice of t h e Legis la t ive Counci l thereof T h a t from and after t h e pass ing of th i s Ac t so m u c h of t h e said reci ted A c t as author izes t h e p u n i s h m e n t of female offenders by confinement in t he da rk cells of any gaol or factory duly appoin ted for t h e cus tody of female offenders shall be and the same is hereby repealed accordingly and t h a t n o t h i n g in t h e said reci ted A c t conta ined shal l au thor ize t h e confinement of any female offender in a da rk cell.

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