Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851

XXIIPrisoners while under Removal to be deemed in proper legal Custody.

Every Prisoner so removed shall, for and during the Time of such Removal, and for and during the Time of his being removed back to the Gaol or House of Correction from which he may have been brought, when and as often as he shall for any Reason be so removed back, and also for and during such Time as he may be detained in the County Gaol, and until he shall be delivered by due Course of Law, be to all Intents and Purposes deemed and considered to be in the proper legal Custody, notwithstanding he may in effecting such Removal have been taken or detained out of the Jurisdiction of the County of a City or Town, or out of the Jurisdiction of the County, Riding, or Division, to the Gaol or House of Correction of which he may have been originally committed, into any other Jurisdiction, or out of the County to the Common Gaol of which he is removed into or through any other County or Division of a County; and no Action or other Proceeding shall or may be maintained by such Prisoner, or by any other Person, against the Gaoler or Keeper of the Gaol or House of Correction from which such Prisoner is removed, or against the Gaoler or Keeper of the Common Gaol of the County, by reason or in consequence of such Prisoner having been taken out of the Jurisdiction of such County of a City or Town, County, Riding, or Division, from the Gaol or House of Correction of which such Prisoner is removed, into any other Jurisdiction, or out of such County to the Common Gaol of which he is removed into or through any other County or Division of a County.