Criminal Justice Act, 1960

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Number 27 of 1960.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1960.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Definitions.
2.	Temporary release of persons from prisons and from Saint Patrick's Institution.
3.	Temporary release of criminal lunatics.
4.	Conditions in relation to temporary release.
5.	Power to suspend currency of sentence in respect of period of temporary release.
6.	Persons unlawfully at large.
7.	Arrest of persons unlawfully at large.
8.	Extension of powers in relation to the places of confinement of criminal lunatics.
9.	Remand or committal for trial or sentence of certain young persons to remand institutions.
10.	Power of Minister to transfer a person detained under section 9.
11.	Lawful custody of persons detained under sections 9 and 10.
12.	Discontinuance of use of term “Borstal.”
13.	Sentencing of certain young persons to detention in Saint Patrick's Institution.
14.	Expenses.
15.	Short title.

Acts Referred to
Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845	1845, c. 107
Mental Treatment Act, 1945	1945, No. 19
Army Act, 1881	1881, c. 58
Defence Act, 1954	1954, No. 18
Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914	1914, c. 58
Criminal Lunatics (Ireland) Act, 1838	1838, c. 27
Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875	1875, c. 67
Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845	1845, c. 107
Prevention of Crime Act, 1908	1908, c. 59

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Number 27 of 1960.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1960.

AN ACT TO AMEND CRIMINAL LAW AND ADMINISTRATION. [26th July, 1960.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—