# Prison Act 1952, Section 7: Prison officers.

Extent: E+W

(1) Every prison shall have a governor, a chaplain ... and such other officers as may be necessary.
(2) Every prison in which women are received shall have a sufficient number of women officers; . . .
(3) A prison which in the opinion of the Secretary of State is large enough to require it may have a deputy governor or an assistant chaplain or both.
(4) The chaplain and any assistant chaplain shall be a clergyman of the Church of England ... .
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/section-7
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