Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58)

Part II E+W Administrative Provisions and Provisions as to Treatment of Prisoners, etc.

Miscellaneous E+W

65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 65 repealed by Prison Act 1952 (c. 52), s. 55(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

66 Legal custody. E+W

Any person required or authorised by or under this Act to be taken to any place or to be kept in custody shall, while being so taken or kept, be deemed to be in legal custody; and a constable, while taking or keeping any such person as aforesaid, shall have all the powers, authorities, protection and privileges of a constable as well beyond his constablewick as within it.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 66 repealed (S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. Pt. IV

67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 67 repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (c. 55), Sch. 6

68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 E+W

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 68 repealed by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), s. 119(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I

69 Commutation of death sentence to sentence of imprisonment. E+W

Where His Majesty pardons any person who has been sentenced to death on condition that he serves a term of imprisonment, that person shall be deemed to have been sentenced by the court before which he was convicted to imprisonment for the said term.

70 Amendments of Forfeiture Act, 1870. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(2) Where any pension or superannuation allowance has been forfeited under section two of the M1 Forfeiture Act 1870, the authority by whom the pension or allowance was granted may restore the pension or allowance either in whole or in part:

Provided that no payment of pension or allowance in respect of any period before the commencement of this Act shall be made by virtue of this subsection.

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 70(1) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. IV

Marginal Citations

M1 1870 c. 23.

71, 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 E+W

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 71, 72 repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6