{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52",
  "legislation_title": "Prison Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Powers of prison officers.",
  "text": "Every prison officer while acting as such shall have all the powers, authority, protection and privileges of a constable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8 modified (31.10.1991) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1) s. 87(3); S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(4), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 8 excluded (20.3.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 10 para. 6(1) (with Sch. 10 para. 6(2)); S.I. 2015/778, art. 2(1)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52/section/8",
    "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."
  }
}