ANNO TRICESIMO TERTIO
No. 12.
An Act to consolidate and a,mend the Lnw relalilty to Prisons,
[Assented to, 9th February, 1870.1
HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Law
frenmble.
W | Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with |
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows: |
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the | Prison |
1869."
2. This Act shall extend and apply to all prisons in SouthApplication of Act. Australia, except military or naval prison's.
3. In this Act, and in any Act applicd or incorporated by this Definitionof termAct, the expressions hereinafter mentioned shall have the meanings hereinafter attached to them, unless there is something in the tenor of the Act incorisistcnt with such meanings, that is to say-
" Governor" shall mean the Governor in Council: | " Surgeon" shall |
mean any duly qualified medical officer appointed to any prison:
"Prison" | shall mean gaol, house of correction, labor piison, or penal |
establishment; it shall also include the airing grounds, or other grounds, buildings, quarries for the use of the prison, and contiguous thereto: Sheriff" shall also mean Comptroller of Labor Prisons: Sherig,
"Gaoler" shall mean superintendent, kecpcr, or other chief officer of a
Gaoler.
prison: " Criminal prisoner " shall mean any prisoner charged with, | |
or convicted of, |
4. The
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4. The several Acts, and parts of Acts, mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act, to the extent to which the same are therein exprcssed to be repealed, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed; | |
but such repeal shall not affect any proclamation, sentence, rule, or | |
regulation, appointment, order, proceeding, warrant, direction, offence, or other thing heretofore passed, made, done, or committed, nor be construed to revive any Acts or Ordinances by the said hereby repealed Acts or any of them repcalled; but any such pro- clamation, rule, regulation, appointment, or order, or direction, may be rescinded, altered, or otherwise dealt with as if the same had been made or passed under this Act; and all things la~vfully done, and all rights conferred or acquired, and all offences committed and penalties incurred under any of the said repealed Acts, or parts of Acts, before the coming into operation of this Act, shall be con- tinued and preserved, and shall be prosecuted and enforced as if this Act had not been passed. |
Schedule.