A.D. 1884.
[CH. 31.]
Colonial Prisoners Removal
Act, 1884.
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[47 & 48 VICT.]
The expression “Governor means any person or persons administering the government of a British possession, and includes the Governor General of India and also the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of any part of Indin.
The expression "Colonial Secretary" includes A person performing the like duties as a Colonial Secretary, whether known. as Government Secretary, Chief Secretary to the Government, or by any other title.
The expression "prison" includos any place for the confinement or detention of prisoners whether convicted or muconvicted.
The expression "sentence of imprisonment” means any sentenco involving confinement in a prison, whether combined or not with labour, and whether known as penal servitude, imprisonmont with hard labour, rigorous imprisonment, imprisonment, or otherwise, and includes a sentence awarded by way of commutation as well as an original sentence passed by the court.
The expression “criminal lanatio " means a person detained in custody by renson of his having been charged with an offence; and either found to have been insano at the time of such offence, or found or cortified or otherwise lawfully proved to be unfit on the ground of his insanity to be fried for the sume, and includes n person convicted of an offenco and aftorwards certified or otherwise lawfully proved to be insane,
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