s.16Power to send certain convicted prisoners to serve sentence in Jamaica
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Section 16Part 2 — Execution of sentences and care of detainees

Power to send certain convicted prisoners to serve sentence in Jamaica

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Where any person has been convicted in the Islands of any crime or offence and has been sentenced to any term of imprisonment which, after taking account of any remission to which such person might become entitled, must exceed six months of actual imprisonment (including any leave of absence), it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time not less than three months before the expiration of the actual term of imprisonment aforesaid, to send such person if a male to any of the District Prisons and if a female to the General Penitentiary in Jamaica by warrant under that Governor's hand, to serve sentence or the remainder thereof in all respects as if a sentence of hard labour had been imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction in Jamaica, and to provide for the return of such person to the Islands after that person has served that person's sentence.

Cross References

  • Section 4 of Bill Of Rights

    Freedom from forced or compulsory labour (section 4(2) of the Bill of Rights, Freedom and Responsibilities contained in Part 1 of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009)

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