“convicted criminal prisoner”

The Prisons Act, 1894 · s. 3

(3) "convicted criminal prisoner" means any criminal prisoner under sentence of a Court or Court-martial, and includes a person detained in prison under the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1882, (10 of 1882) or under the Prisoners Act, 1871 (5 of 1871): - (4) "civil prisoner" means any prisoner who is not a criminal prisoner: - (5) "remission system" means the rules for the time being in force regulating the award of marks to, and the consequent shortening of sentences of, prisoners in jails: - (6) "history-ticket" means the ticket exhibiting such information as is required in respect of each prisoner by this Act or the rules thereunder; - (7) "Inspector General" means the Inspector General of Prisons; - (8) "medical subordinate" means an Assistant Surgeon, Apothecary or qualified hospital Assistant: and - (9) "prohibited article" means an article the introd…