A.D. 1884]
Chelsea Hospital
[47 & 48 Vict. c. 32] 17
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The expression "Governor" means any person or persons
administering the government of a British possession, . The pression "Colonial Secretary" includes a person per- forming 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" includes any place for the confine- ment or detention of prisoners whether convicted or un- convicted.
The expression "sentence of imprisonment" means any sentence involving confinement in a prison, whether combined or not with labour, and whether known as penal servitude, imprison- ment with hard labour, rigorous imprisonment, imprison- ment, or otherwise, and includes a sentence awarded by way of commutation as well as an original sentence passed by the court.
The expression "criminal lunatic" means a person detained in custody by reason of his having been charged with an offence, and either found to have been insane at the time of such offence, or found or certified or otherwise lawfully proved to be unfit on the ground of his insanity to be tried for the same, and includes a person convicted of an offence and afterwards certified or otherwise lawfully proved to be insane.
CHAPTER XXXII
AN ACT for transferring the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea from the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings.[1]
[28th July 1884.]
[Preamble.]
1. This Act may be cited as the Royal Military Asylum Short title. Chelsea (Transfer) Act, 1884.
Commis-
2. The Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea, with the lands and Transfer of buildings thereon described in the Schedule to this Act, shall by Chelsea virtue of this Act be vested, free and discharged from the lease- Hospital to hold interest in any part thereof of any one of Her Majesty's sioners of Principal Secretaries of Statę, in the Commissioners of Works, Works. for the estate or interest and purposes, and upon the trusts, and subject to the leases (save as aforesaid) rights of way and other rights (if any), for upon and subject to which the said Asylum and premises or any of them were respectively vested in the Crown or any person or persons on behalf of the Crown immedi- ately before the passing of this Act; and the Commissioners of Works shall have the management of the said Asylum and
Property, etc., of Commrs. of Works transferred to Min. of Works, 5 & 6
Geo. 6. c. 23; 6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 5. s. 7.】
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