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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AMENDMENT ACT - SECT 11

Execution of duties and powers of under-sheriff, gaoler, &c. by deputy gaoler, &c.

11. The duties and powers by this Act imposed on or vested in [the
under-sheriff may be performed by and shall be vested in his] lawful deputy
acting in his absence and with his authority, and any other officer charged in
any case with the execution of judgment of death.

The duties and powers by this Act imposed on or vested in the gaoler of the
prison may be performed by and shall be vested in the deputy gaoler (if any)
acting in his absence and with his authority, and (if there is no officer of
the prison called the gaoler) by the governor, keeper, or other chief officer
of the prison, and his deputy (if any) acting as aforesaid.

The duties and powers by this Act imposed on or vested in the surgeon may be
performed by and shall be vested in the chief medical officer of the prison
(if there is no officer of the prison called the surgeon).

The duties by this Act imposed on the chaplain may, in the event of the
absence of the chaplain, be performed by the assistant chaplain or other
person acting in place of the chaplain.

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