Franchise Prisons Abolition Act 1858
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1858 c. 22 |
(21 & 22 Vict.) C A P. XXII.
[14th June 1858]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that the several Prisons mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, which are now used for the Confinement of Debtors, should be abolished:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
I After Aug. 1, 1858, no Persons to be confined in Prisons in the Schedule.
I. From and after the First Day ofAugust One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, no Person shall be confined in any Prison or Gaol mentioned in the Schedule to this Act; and all Persons who, if this Act had not been passed, might have been confined in any such Prison or Gaol shall be confined in the Common Gaol of the County or Riding in which such Persons respectively may be arrested.
II All Writs, &c. authorizing Arrests to be executed by Bailiffs of Liberties, &c.
II. Provided always, That all Writs, Process, Warrants, and Authorities authorizing the Arrest of any Person within any Liberty or Franchise to which any of the Prisons and Gaols mentioned in the Schedule to this Act belongs who might, if this Act had not been passed, have been confined in such Prison or Gaol, shall be executed within such Liberty or Franchise by such Bailiff or Officer as might have executed the same if this Act had not been passed, and such Bailiff or Officer shall have all such Powers and Authorities for conveying such Person to the Common Gaol of the County as the Bailiffs of the Sheriff have in the Execution of Writs, Process, Warrants, or Authorities for the like Purposes, and the like Punishments and Penalties shall attach in the Case of an Escape or Rescue from the Bailiff or Officer of such Liberty or Franchise, or other Interference with such Bailiff or Officer in the Discharge of his Duty, as in the Case of an Escape or Rescue from or like Interference with the Bailiff of the Sheriff.
III Prisoners confined on Aug. 1, 1858, in Prisons named in Schedule, to be removed to County...
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