Singapore legislation

Section 3

of Prisons Act 1933

Section 3

Power to declare prisons

The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette —

(a)

declare any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, to be a prison for the purposes of this Act for the imprisonment or detention of persons lawfully in custody;

(b)

define which prisons may be used for the custody of particular classes of prisoners;

(c)

declare that any prison ceases to be a prison; and on the publication in the Gazette of the declaration, or from and after any later date specified in the declaration, that prison ceases to be a prison; and

(d)

declare any prison, house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, to be a reformative training centre for the detention of persons sentenced to reformative training.

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