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Penal Servitude Act 1857
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II.Sentence of Transportation abolished, and Sentence of Penal Servitude substituted.
III.Provisions of Acts concerning transported Offenders to apply to Offenders under Sentence of Penal Servitude.
IV.Existing Power to appoint Places of Transportation to be applicable for the Purposes of this Act.
V.Magistrates may recommit Convicts whose Licences are revoked to Penal Servitude in any Convict Prison.
VI.All Enactments referring to Transportation to have reference to Penal Servitude.
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