Prisons Act, 1970
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Power of Minister to direct removal of persons to and from places provided under this Act. |
5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act but without prejudice to the generality of section 4 of this Act, the Minister may direct— | |
(a) the transfer of a prisoner— | ||
(i) from a prison to a place provided under section 2 of this Act, and | ||
(ii) from such a place to a prison, to Saint Patrick's Institution, or to another such place, | ||
to serve the whole or any part of the unexpired residue of his sentence, | ||
(b) the transfer of a person who has been sentenced to detention in Saint Patrick's Institution— | ||
(i) from that Institution to such a place, and | ||
(ii) from that place to that Institution or to another such place, | ||
to serve the whole or any part of the unexpired residue of his sentence. | ||
(2) Section 3 of the Prevention of Crime Act, 1908 , shall not apply in relation to a person detained in a place provided under section 2 of this Act. |