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46.(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction or responsibility of an under-sheriff in respect of prisoners under sentence of death or his jurisdiction or control over the prison where such prisoners are confined, and over the officers thereof, so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the sentence of death, or for any purpose relating thereto; and in any prison in which sentence of death is required to be carried into effect on any prisoner, the under-sheriff shall, for the purposes of carrying the sentence into execution, be deemed to have the same jurisdiction with respect to such prison as he would by law have had if this Act had not been passed. (2) References in the preceding sub-section to an under-sheriff shall include references to his lawful deputy. Subs.(3) rep. in pt. by SLR 1973; SI 1973/2163 art.14(2) sch.6, residue amends 1868 c.24
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