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493 Sentences of imprisonment etc. to be carried out according to law relating to prisons

Every sentence of imprisonment which is passed for any indictable offence every sentence of attendance at an attendance centre, every award of imprisonment or attendance at an attendance centre, and every direction for detention in a youth justice centre within the meaning of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 for any offence punishable on summary conviction, shall be carried out in the manner for the time being provided by any Acts in force relating to prisons or penal establishments in that behalf according to the tenor of every such sentence.
S. 493 amended by Nos 8338 s. 7(b), 8426 s. 9(2)(a)(b) (as amended by No. 8701 s. 7(f)), 8870 s. 7(b), 8998 s. 4, 9554 s. 2(1)(Sch. 1 item 9), 9945 s. 3(3)(Sch. 2 item 12), 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 28), 16/1987 s. 4(3)(Sch. 1 item 8(c)), 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 9.5).
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