In
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
and the
United Kingdom
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, the
short title
In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster system, Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title an ...
Prison Act (with its variations) refers to legislation relating to
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where Prisoner, people are Imprisonment, imprisoned under the authority of the State (polity), state ...
s.
List
Malaysia
*The
Prison Act 1995
United Kingdom
*The
Prison (Escape) Act 1706 (
1 Ann. c. 1)
*The
Prison (Escape) Act 1742 (
16 Geo. 2. c. 31)
*The
Prison Ministers Act 1863 (
26 & 27 Vict. c. 79)
*The
Central Criminal Court (Prisons) Act 1881 (
44 & 45 Vict. c. 64)
*The
Prison Act 1898 (
61 & 62 Vict. c. 41)
*The
Prison Act 1952
The Prison Act 1952 ( 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act allows for the Secretary of State to make rules for the regulation and management of prisons, and for the classification, trea ...
(
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52)
*The
Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 (
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 61)
*The
Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 45)
*The
Prison Security Act 1992
The Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Section 1 - Offence of prison mutiny
This section reads:
Section 1(6) is prospectively amended by sections 74 and 80 of, anparagraph 115of Schedule 7 t ...
(c. 25)
*The
Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Act 1997 (c. 38)
Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
*The
Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 18) (NI)
Northern Ireland Order in Council
*The
Prison (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (SI 2004/704) (NI 7)
The Prison Acts 1865 to 1893 refers the following acts:
*The
Prison Act 1865
The Prison Act 1865 ( 28 & 29 Vict. c. 126) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended the law relating to prisons in England.
Passage
Leave to bring in the Prisons Bill to the House of Commons was gra ...
(
28 & 29 Vict. c. 126)
*The
Prison Officers Compensation Act 1868 (
31 & 32 Vict. c. 21)
*The
Prison Act 1877
The Prison Act 1877 ( 40 & 41 Vict. c. 21) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that aimed to alter the way in which British prisons were operated.
Detail
By the 19th century, concerns had been raised about the uncoordinated a ...
(
40 & 41 Vict. c. 21)
*The
Prison (Officers Superannuation) Act 1878 (
41 & 42 Vict. c. 63)
*The
Prison Act 1884 (
47 & 48 Vict. c. 51)
*The
Prison (Officers Superannuation) Act 1886 (
49 & 50 Vict. c. 9)
*The
Prison (Officers Superannuation) Act 1893 (
56 & 57 Vict. c. 26)
The Prisons (Scotland) Acts 1860 to 1887 refers to the following acts:
*The
Prisons (Scotland) Act 1860 (
23 & 24 Vict. c. 105)
*The
Lanark Prisons Act 1868 (
31 & 32 Vict. c. 50)
*The
Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877 (
40 & 41 Vict. c. 53)
*The
Prisons Officers Superannuation (Scotland) Act 1887 (
50 & 51 Vict. c. 60)
The Prisons (Ireland) Acts 1826 to 1884 refers to the following acts:
[The ]Short Titles Act 1896
The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 14) is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 10).
This act was retained for the Republic of I ...
, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
*The
Prisons (Ireland) Act 1826 (
7 Geo. 4. c. 74)
*The
Prisons (Ireland) Act 1840 (
3 & 4 Vict. c. 44)
*The
Prisons (Ireland) Act 1856 (
19 & 20 Vict. c. 68)
*The
Prison Officers Superannuation (Ireland) Act 1873 (
36 & 37 Vict. c. 51)
*The
General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877 (
40 & 41 Vict. c. 49)
*The
Prison Service (Ireland) Act 1883 (
46 & 47 Vict. c. 25)
*The
Prisons (Ireland) Amendment Act 1884
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where Prisoner, people are Imprisonment, imprisoned under the authority of the State (polity), state ...
(
47 & 48 Vict. c. 36)
See also
*
List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
* Access to Information and P ...
References
{{UK legislation
Lists of legislation by short title and collective title