Prisons Act, 1898

Definitions.

26 & 27 Vict. c. 79.

14.(1) In this Act the expression “local prison” means any prison to which the Prison Acts, 1865 to 1893, apply.

(2) For the purposes of the Prison Acts, 1865 to 1893, all officers of a prison shall be deemed to be subordinate officers, except the governor, the chaplain, the medical officer, the matron, and any minister appointed under the Prison Ministers Act, 1863.

[S. 15 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]