Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884

The Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom whereby prisoners in British colonies may be transferred to the United Kingdom to serve their sentence.^[1][2]

Long titleAn Act to make further provision respecting the removal of Prisoners and Criminal Lunatics from Her Majesty's possessions out of the United Kingdom.

Citation47 & 48 Vict. c. 31

Territorial extent

• United Kingdom
• Channel Islands
• Isle of Man

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Royal assent28 July 1884

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Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make further provision respecting the removal of Prisoners and Criminal Lunatics from Her Majesty's possessions out of the United Kingdom.
Citation	47 & 48 Vict. c. 31
Territorial extent	United Kingdom Channel Islands Isle of Man [b]
Dates
Royal assent	28 July 1884
Commencement	28 July 1884[c]
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1898 Government of India (Adaptation of Acts of Parliament) Order 1937 Burma Independence Act 1947 Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act 1955 Mental Health Act 1959 Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 Statute Law Revision Act 1963 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 Armed Forces Act 1981 Mental Health Act 1983 Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
Relates to	Army Act 1881
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

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The legislation was used as recently as May 2020 when a man convicted of robbery in the Cayman Islands and in prison there, was transported to prison in the UK.^[3][4]