# Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877

40 & 41 Vict. c. 53 · enacted 14 August 1877 · revised to 1 February 1991

An Act to amend the Law relating to Prisons in Scotland.

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## Introductory text

An Act to amend the Law relating to Prisons in Scotland.
[14th August 1877]

## Part: Preliminary

## 1 Short title.

This Act shall be cited for all purposes as the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1877.

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## Part II: Supplemental Provisions

## 17—65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



### Judicial Statistics

## 66 Prison Commissioners to discharge duties of department of judicial statistics.

The Prison Commissioners shall be the department of judicial statistics under the Judicial Statistics (Scotland) Act 1869, and shall discharge the duties of the said department, and all statutory returns relating to such statistics shall be made to them accordingly . . .

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1877
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