Penal Servitude Act, 1891

Extension of 34 & 35 Vict. c. 112. s. 7.

6. A person who has been convicted on indictment of a crime within the meaning of the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871, and against whom a previous conviction of such a crime is proved shall,—

(a) if the second sentence is to a term of imprisonment, then at any time within seven years after the expiration of the sentence; and

(b) if the second sentence is to a term of penal servitude, then whilst at large on licence under that sentence, and also at any time within seven years after the expiration of the sentence,

be guilty of an offence against the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871, under the circumstances stated in section seven of that Act or any of them, and may be taken into custody in manner provided by that section.