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Disposal of ordinary prison where such prison is closed.
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31. Whenever, in pusuance of any such order as aforesaid, any prison shall be closed, all the estate and interest therein of the General Prisons Board shall, at the expiration of a period of twelve months from the date of such order, be deemed to be re-transferred to and shall vest in the grand jury, commissioners, board, or trustees from whom the same was transferred to the General Prisons Board by this Act, and may thereafter be sold or disposed of in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed by the Prisons Acts with respect to old gaols and prisons: Provided always, that in case any such prison, or any part thereof that may have been closed, shall before the expiration of such period of twelve months be required for the purposes of a reformatory, industrial school, lunatic asylum, constabulary barrack, lock-up, or any other public purpose whatsoever, the General Prisons Board may, with the consent of the Treasury, and subject to the provisions of this Act and to such conditions as the General Prisons Board shall approve, allow the same to be used for any of such purposes, and in such case the estate and interest of the General Prisons Board therein shall, so long as such user shall continue, and until the expiration of a period of twelve months after the discontinuance of each user, remain vested in the General Prisons Board; and shall, at the expiration of such period, be deemed to be re-transferred to, and shall vest in, and may be sold or disposed of by such grand jury commissioners board or trustees as are above-mentioned in the manner aforesaid.
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