1799: 39 George 3 c.51: An Act for continuing, until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thousand eight hundred and two, several Laws relating to the Transportation of Felons and other Offenders, and to the authorising the Removal of Offenders to temporary Places of Confinement in England and Scotland respectively.

[13th June 1799.]

[So much of 19 Geo. 3. c. 74. (continued by 28 Geo. 3. c. 24; 34 Geo. 3. c. 60.) as relates to Transportation beyond the Seas; and so much of 24 Geo. 3. c. 56 (continued by the same acts,) as extends to authorize the Removal of Offenders to temporary Places of Confinement; further continued till March 25, 1802.]

‘WHEREAS the several Laws herein after mentioned have been found useful and beneficial, and it is expedient that the same should be further continued;’ be it therefore enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That so much of an Act, made in the nineteenth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act to explain and amend the Laws relating to the Transportation, Imprisonment, and other Punishment of certain Offenders, as relates to Transportation beyond the Seas; and also so much of an Act, made in the twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for the effectual Transportation of Felons and other Offenders; and to authorize the Removal of Prisoners, in certain cases; and for other Purposes therein mentioned; as extends to authorize the Removal of Offenders to temporary Places of Confinement; which Acts were amended and continued by two other Acts of the twenty-eighth and thirty-fourth Years of the Reign of his present Majesty, until the first Day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and from thence to the end of the then next Session of Parliament, shall be, and the same are hereby further continued until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thousand eight hundred and two.

[So much of 25 Geo. 3. c. 46. (continued by 34 Geo. 3. c. 60) as authorizes the Removal of Offenders to temporary Places of Confinement, further continued till March 25, 1802.]

II. And be it further enacted, That so much of an Act, made in the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for the more effectual Transportation of Felons and other Offenders in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, and to authorize the Removal of Prisoners, in certain cases, as authorizes the Removal of Offenders to temporary Places of Confinement, which was to continue in force until the first Day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and which was revived and continued by an Act of the thirty-fourth Year of his present Majesty, until the first Day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and from thence to the the then next Session of Parliament, shall be, and the same is hereby further continued until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thousand eight hundred and two.

Source: Ruffhead, Statutes at Large, vol. 18.