Title 10 Laws of Bermuda Item 36

BERMUDA

1892 : 8

COLONIAL PRISONERS' EXPENSES ACT 1892

[5 September 1892] [preamble and words of enactment omitted]

Governor may order payment of expenses

1 Where—

(a) any person who, having been born in Bermuda, or having been naturalized as a British subject in Bermuda, is a Commonwealth citizen, commits any offence in any place out of Her Majesty's dominions in which Her Majesty exercises criminal jurisdiction over British subjects, and is either convicted of such offence, or is acquitted thereof on the ground that he was suffering from mental disorder; and

(b) is sent to any part of Her Majesty's dominions or other place to undergo his sentence, or to be detained under a hospital order within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1968 [title 11 item 36], under the powers contained in section 5 of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1843, or the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884, or any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom amending either of the those Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Governor may order the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of the expenses of the removal of such person to the place in which he is to undergo his sentence, or to be detained under a hospital order as aforesaid, and of his maintenance during his imprisonment or detention, and of any other expenses incident to his conviction or his acquittal on the ground of insanity, so far as such expenses cannot be met out of the

1989 Revision 1 COLONIAL PRISONERS' EXPENSES ACT 1892

property or effects of such person under order of the court convicting or acquitting such person.

[Amended by

1951 : 68

1968 : 295

1971 : 83] [This Act was originally of limited duration but was continued in force indefinitely by 1911:43]

2 1989 Revision