Justices Commitment Act 1741
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title:
Justices Commitment Act 1741
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The Justices Commitment Act 1741 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1742 and formally repealed in 1914. It clarified the powers of justices of the peace to imprison convicts. Many towns did not maintain their own prisons, and as such the power of Justices in those towns to sentence someone to imprisonment had become questioned. To resolve doubts which had arisen on the matter, the Act declared that the justices of the peace of a liberty or corporation, on sentencing someone
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justices_Commitment_Act_1741
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2023-08-29T11:25:56Z
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