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Sect. 4. of 7 G. 4. c 74. and Sect 1. of 3 & 4 Vict., c.44. repealed
Board of Superintendence, with Approval of Grand Jury and Lord Lieutenant, to mak Byelaws
In case the Board of Superintendence shall neglect to make Byelaws, Lord Lieutenant may make them.
Local Inspector to see that Byelaws are observed.
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IV. ‘Whereas by the Fourth Section of the Prisons Act and by the First Section of the said recited Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Forty-four, Provision is made for the Enactment of Byelaws for Prisons, and it is expedient to amend the same:’ The Fourth Section of the Prisons Act and the First Section of the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Forty-four, shall from and after the passing of this Act be repealed, save as to anything heretofore done under the same; and it shall be lawful for the Board of Superintendence of any Prison from Time to Time to alter, amend, or repeal the existing Byelaws, and to make new Byelaws for any such Prison under their Superintendence, or the Prisoners therein confined, and from Time to Time to repeal, alter, or add to such Byelaws, and to make others, and the same, when approved of by a Grand Jury of the County, or in the Case of a Borough having Jurisdiction over the Prisons of such Borough by the Council thereof, shall be submitted to the Lord Lieutenant, and it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, if he shall so think fit, to alter such Byelaws, or to make Byelaws additional thereto, and to certify under the Hand of the Chief or Under Secretary for Ireland that such Byelaws as submitted to him, or altered or added to, are proper to be enforced, and said Byelaws, when so approved and certified, shall be printed and posted in the Prison, and obeyed as the Standing Regulations of such Prison; and in case the Board of Superintendence shall refuse or neglect, for the Space of Three Calendar Months after being required so to do by the Inspectors General of Prisons, to make such Byelaws as aforesaid, or any such Byelaws as to the Lord Lieutenant may appear necessary or expedient for any Prison under their Superintendence or the Prisoners therein, then and in such Case it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant by Writing under the Hand of the Chief or Under Secretary for Ireland for the Time being, to make such Byelaws, and from Time to Time to repeal, alter, or add to such Byelaws, and to make others, and to declare that the said Byelaws shall be in addition to or in substitution for any Byelaws theretofore in force in any such Prison, or any Part of such Byelaws; and the said Byelaws so to be made by the Lord Lieutenant shall be printed and posted in the Prison, and shall be obeyed as the Standing Regulations of such Prison, either in addition to or in substitution for the existing Byelaws of such Prison, as the Lord Lieutenant shall in that Behalf declare, and shall be of the same Force and Effect to all Intents and Purposes as if they had been originally made by the Board of Superintendence of the County, and approved of by the Grand Jury of the County; and it shall be lawful in such Byelaws to provide for the Classification of Prisoners of each Sex in any Prison, or for the individual Separation of all or any of the Prisoners confined therein, with due Regard to their proper Supervision, religious and moral Instruction, and Employment; and it shall be the Duty of the Local Inspector of every Prison to see that the Byelaws and Rules for the Time being in force in such Prison shall be observed and carried into effect, and no Magistrate shall have Authority to alter or add to the same, or in any Manner, save as in this Act provided, to interfere with the Discipline of the Prison: Provided always, that any such Byelaws so to be made by the Board of Superintendence of any such joint Prison as is in this Act mentioned shall not require to be approved of by any Grand Jury, or by the Council of any Borough.
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