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Part of Sect. 94. of Prisons Act repealed.
Prisoners may be committed to and detained in Bridewells in certain Cases.
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XXVI. So much of the Ninety-fourth Section of the Prisons Act as provides that Prisoners may be detained in any Bridewell distant more than Twelve Miles from any County Gaol or District Bridewell until the First Week in the Calendar Month next after their Committal, is hereby repealed; and it shall be lawful to commit and detain in any Bridewell (other than a District Bridewell), which shall be distant more than Fifteen Miles from the County Gaol or from a District Bridewell, any Prisoner committed or sentenced for any Period not exceeding One Week: Provided always, that this Enactment shall not apply to any Bridewell, unless and until the Inspectors General of Prisons or One of them shall have certified in Writing under their or his Hand, to the Chief or Under Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, that such Bridewell is fully sufficient for the safe Custody of the Prisoners and the Separation of the Sexes, and is duly provided with Water and Sewerage, and that the Day Room and Cells thereof are of such a Size and are lighted, ventilated, and fitted up in such a Manner as the said Inspectors or Inspector deem sufficient for the Preservation of the Health of the Prisoners to be confined therein, and unless and until Notice that such Bridewell has been so certified shall have been transmitted from such Chief or Under Secretary to the Magistrates of each Petty Sessions of the County in which such Bridewell is situate: Provided also, that as regards Bridewells not so certified, and not being District Bridewells, Prisoners shall not be detained therein otherwise than is provided by so much of the Ninety-fourth Section of the Prisons Act as is not hereby repealed.
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