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Prison Act 1952

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Section 48.

SECOND SCHEDULEProvisions relating to persons in Scotland after discharge from prisons, etc., in England

1Where any person serving a term of imprisonment for life has been released on licence under subsection (1) of section twenty-seven of this Act, he may be recalled under subsection (2) of that section notwithstanding that he is for the time being in Scotland; and in relation to any such person, while in Scotland, the said subsection (2) shall extend to Scotland accordingly.

2Where any person sentenced to Borstal training by a court in England, or who is required by virtue of any enactment to be treated as if he had been so sentenced, is released from a Borstal institution, he shall continue to be under supervision, and may be recalled, in accordance with the provisions of section forty-five of this Act, notwithstanding that he is for the time being in Scotland; and in relation to any such person, while in Scotland, subsections (3) to (6) of that section shall extend to Scotland accordingly.

3Where any person sentenced by a court in England to corrective training or preventive detention, or required by virtue of section forty-eight of this Act to be treated as if he had beea'so sentenced, is released on licence under subsection (2) of section twenty-six of this Act, any requirements of the licence shall continue in force, and he may be recalled under the said section twenty-six, notwithstanding that he is for the time being in Scotland; and in relation to any such person, while in Scotland, subsections (3) to (6) of that section shall extend to Scotland accordingly.

4Where any person serving a sentence of imprisonment is released on licence under subsection (2) of section twenty-five of this Act, he shall continue to be under supervision, and may be recalled, in accordance with that section, notwithstanding that he is for the time being in Scotland; and in relation to any such person, while in Scotland, subsections (3) to (6) of that section shall extend to Scotland accordingly.

5Where, under section twenty-two of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948, any person convicted of an offence is ordered to be subject to the provisions of section twenty-nine of this Act, he shall remain so subject notwithstanding that he is for the time being in Scotland; and in relation to any such person, while in Scotland, the said section twenty-nine and the First Schedule to this Act shall extend to Scotland accordingly, and the reference in paragraph 4 of the said First Schedule to section thirty of the Police Pensions Act, 1921, shall be construed as a reference to that section as it applies to Scotland.

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