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No. 9/1956:
PRISONS ACT, 1956
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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1 Lock-ups.
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2 Repeal.
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3 Short title, collective citation and construction.
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OF PRISONERS.
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[21st March, 1956.]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
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Lock-ups.
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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.
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2.—Section 23 of the General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877, is hereby repealed.
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Short title, collective citation and construction.
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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 constructed as one.
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