# Penal Servitude Act 1857, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to amend the Act of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty, to substitute in certain Cases other Punishment in lieu of Transportation.
[26th June 1857]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/20-21/3/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/penal-servitude-act-1857/introduction
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