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PRISON ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 47

Interpretation.

47.(1) For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears,
the following expressions have the meaning hereby respectively assigned to
them, that is to say

"governor" includes the person for the time being in charge of any prison;

"intoxicating liquor" includes any fermented, distilled or spirituous liquor
which under the law for the time being in force is subject to an excise duty;

"land" includes land covered by water and any estate or interest in land;

"Minister" means the Minister of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland;

"Ministry" means the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland;

"prison" includes any prison... or other institution for the treatment of
offenders not being a remand home or training school within the meaning of the
Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland), [1968];

"prisoner" includes any person lawfully committed to any prison.

(2) A reference in this Act to any institution for the treatment of offenders
shall be construed as including a reference to all land and buildings used for
the purposes of or in connection with that institution.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person committed to prison in default of
payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction shall be treated as
undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for the term for which he is committed,
and consecutive terms of imprisonment shall be treated as one term.

Subs.(4)(5) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI) s.48 sch.

S.48 rep. by SLR 1973

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