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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52",
  "legislation_title": "Prison Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to prisons and other institutions for offenders and related matters with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.\n[1st August 1952]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 10(1), Sch. 12 para. 23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s. 70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act applied (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 7(2)(4), 172(4)Act applied (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 8(2), 172(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act amended (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 41, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 17(2)(3); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(g) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "A reference to a detention centre within the meaning of Part VIII of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) to be construed as a reference to a removal centre within the meaning of that Part (prosp.) by virtue of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. {66(4)}, 162(2) (with s. 159)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act: a reference to a detention centre within the meaning of Pt. 8 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) to be construed as a reference to a removal centre within the meaning of that part (10.2.2003) by virtue of 2002 c. 41, ss. 66(4), 162(1); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act applied (20.3.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 10 para. 3(2)(a); S.I. 2015/778, art. 2(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Act applied (20.3.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 10 para. 2(b); S.I. 2015/778, art. 2(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 1.10.1952 see s. 55(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "For the extent of this Act see s. 55(3)(4)(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:21.749923+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}