Fine or Imprisonment (Scotland and Ireland) Act 1899
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1899 c. 11 |
| Year | 1899 |
Fine or Imprisonment (Scotland and Ireland) Act, 1899.
(62 & 63 Vict.) CHAPTER 11.
An Act to assimilate the Law of Scotland and of Ireland as to Imprisonment in Default of Payment of Fines to that of England.
[13th July 1899]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Release of prisoner on payment of portion of fine.
1. Where a person is committed to prison for non-payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by the conviction of any court of summary jurisdiction, then, on payment to the governor of the prison, under conditions prescribed by prison rules, of any sum in part satisfaction of the sum so adjudged to be paid, and of any charges for which the prisoner is liable, the term of imprisonment shall be reduced by a number of days bearing as nearly as possible the same proportion to the total number of days for which the prisoner is sentenced as the sum so paid bears to the sum for which he is so liable.
2 Application to Scotland and construction and commencement. Application of moneys.
2. In the application of this Act to Scotland—
(1) (1.) Provision may be made by Act of Adjournal under section thirty-three of the Summary Procedure Act, 1864 for the application of sums paid under this Act, and for any matter incidental thereto:
(2) (2.) This Act shall be read as one with the Prisons (Scotland) Act, 1877 , and may be cited with the Prisons (Scotland) Acts, 1860 to 1887: provided that in this Act the expression ‘prison’shall include police cells declared legal prisons in terms of the said Acts, and the expression ‘governor’ shall include any officer in charge of such police cells.
3 Application to Ireland.
3. In the application of this Act to Ireland—
(1) (1.) Provision may be made by regulations under section six of the Fines (Ireland) Act, 1851 , for the application of sums paid under this Act, and for any matter incidental thereto:
(2) (2.) Prison rules for the purpose of this Act may be made by the General Prisons Board for Ireland, subject to the approval of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council, and section fifty-seven of the General Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1877 ,...
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