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Where as regards a prisoner undergoing sentence of imprisonment in any British possession for any offence it appears to the removing authority herein-after mentioned either—
(a)that it is likely that the life of the prisoner will be endangered or his health permanently injured by further imprisonment in such British possession; or
(b)that the prisoner belonged, at the time of committing the said offence, to [F1Her Majesty’s regular military or naval forces]; or
(c)that the offence was committed wholly or partly beyond the limits of the said British possession; or
(d)that by reason of there being no prison in the said British possession in which the prisoner can properly undergo his sentence or otherwise the removal of the prisoner is expedient for his safer custody or for more efficiently carrying his sentence into effect; or,
(e)that the prisoner belongs to a class of persons who under the law of the said British possession are subject to removal under this Act;
in any such case the removing authority may, subject nevertheless to the regulations in force under this Act, order such prisoner to be removed to any British possession or to the United Kingdom to undergo his sentence or the residue thereof.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c.55, SIF 7:1), s. 20(1), Sch. 3 para. 4
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C1References to Her Majesty's regular military forces to be construed as including references to the Air Force: S.R. & O. 1945/1275 (Rev. 1 p. 920: 1945 I, p. 8), Sch.
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