No. 4 of 1955. Prison. - ANTIQUA.

[LS.]
I ASSENT,
’ P. D. MacnonaLp,
Governor’s Deputy.
14th June, 1955

[ By Proclamation. |

ANTIGUA.
No. 4 of 1955.

An Ordinance to provide for the establishment,
management, supervision and control of Pris-
ons in the Presidency.

ENACTED by the ‘Legislature of Antigua as

as follows:—

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Prison Short title
Ordinance, 1955, and shall come into operation on 8"¢ Com. |
a date to be fixed by the Governor by Proclamation
published in the Gazette.

2. In this Ordinance unless the context Interpreta-
requires— ae

“prisoner”? means any person lawfully sen-
tenced or ordered to be imprisoned or
detained in prison;

“ prison” means gaol, and includes the airing
ground or other ground or buildings
occupied by prison officers and contiguous
thereto and any other place which the
Governor shall by proclamation published
in the Gazette declare to be a prison.