Borstal Institution - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Borstal institution. This name originated from a large juvenile-adult reformatory which was opened at Borstal, near Rochester, in 1901, by utilizing a portion of the existing convict prison for the purpose. Power to establish Borstal Institutions is given by s. 4 of the (English) Prevention of Crime Act,1908, and the same section describes such institutions as 'places in which young offenders whilst detained may be given such industrial training and other instruction, and be subject to such disciplinary and moral influences as will conduce to their reformation and the prevention of crime.' The Act has been amended by the (English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, ss. 10, 11....
Criminal Justice Administration Act (English)
Criminal Justice Administration Act (English), 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58). The Act considerably enlarges the jurisdiction of Courts of Summary Jurisdiction; requires time to be allowed for payment of fines; substitutes 'detention' for imprisonment in certain cases; extends the powers of Courts as to commital to Borstal Institutions; and extends the right of appeal....
Imprisonment
Imprisonment, 'imprisonment' shall mean imprisonment of either description as defined in theIndian Penal Code. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(27)]The restraint of a person's liberty under the custody of another. It extends in law to confinement not only in a gaol, but in a house, or stocks, or to hold-ing a man in the street, etc.; for in all these cases the person so restrained is said to be a prisoner, so long as he has not his liberty freely to go about his business as at other times, Co. Litt. 253. See FALSE IMPRISONMENT.Imprisonment for Crime.--Any common law mis-demeanour is punishable after conviction on indictment by fine or imprisonment or both, at the discretion of the court. Imprisonment for not more than two years is very frequently authorised, as an alternative to penal servitude, by the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, and other Acts set out in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law.' As to the right of any person convicted by a Court of Summ...
Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871
Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871 (English) (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112). This Act, which was amended by the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 55), and which repeals and replaces the Habitual Criminals Act, 1869, provides for the keeping of a register of criminals, and the photographing of all persons convicted of crime with a view to their identification, and for subjecting to the supervision of the police persons who have been twice convicted of crime, and for the amendment of the law with regard to licences under the Penal Servitude Acts. See also PREVENTIVE DETEN-TION; BORSTAL INSTITUTION; and PENAL SERVITUDE....
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