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Number 9 of 1956.

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PRISONS ACT, 1956.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Lock-ups.
2.	Repeal.
3.	Short title, collective citation and construction.

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Number 9 of 1956.

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PRISONS ACT, 1956.

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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OF PRISONERS. [21st March, 1956.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— [GA]

Lock-ups.

1.—A prisoner may be detained temporarily in a lock-up provided in a Garda Síochána station or in any other place, being a place designated for the purpose by the Minister for Justice,—

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(a) while in transit from a prison to a court for trial or on adjournment or remand;

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(b) while a case in which he is involved is at hearing;

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(c) for a period of not more than forty-eight hours while awaiting removal to a prison on conviction or remand.

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Repeal.

2.—Section 23 of the General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877, is hereby repealed.

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Short title, collective citation and construction.

3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Prisons Act, 1956.

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(2) The Prisons (Ireland) Acts, 1826 to 1933, and this Act may be cited together as the Prisons Acts, 1826 to 1956, and shall be construed as one.