Prison (Escape) Act 1706 Explained

Short Title:	Prison (Escape) Act 1706^[1]
Parliament:	Parliament of England
Type:	Act
Long Title:	An Act for rendring more effectual an Act, passed in the First Year of Her Majesties Reign, intituled, "An Act for the better preventing Escapes out of the Queen's Bench and Fleet Prisons."^[2]
Year:	1706
Citation:	6 Ann. c. 12(Ruffhead: 5 Ann. c. 9)
Royal Assent:	6 March 1707
Commencement:	3 December 1706
Repeal Date:	30 July 1948
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Status:	Repealed
Original Text:	https://statutes.org.uk/site/the-statutes/eighteenth-century/1706-6-anne-c9-escape-from-prisons/

The Prison (Escape) Act 1706 (6 Ann. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It dealt with escapes from the King's Bench Prison and Fleet Prison.

This Act is chapter 9 in common printed editions.^[3]

The remainder of the Act, that was not yet at that point repealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Section 5

This section was repealed by section 39 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Sheriffs Act 1887.

Section 6

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

See also

• Prison Act
• The text of the act

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 1 to the Short Titles Act 1896, which is headed "Title".
3. Book: The Public General Acts passed in the fiftieth and fifty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria . HMSO . London . 1887 . 312.