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BWA-1979-L-84992
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Title_of_text
Prisons Act (Cap 21:03) (Act No. 28 of 1979).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Botswana
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1979
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to repeal and replace the Prisons Act to provide for the modernization of the Prison Service and generally for the bringing up to date and rationalization of the law governing prisons and prisoners and for matters connected therewith.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1980-03-01
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2000-09-29 (BWA-2000-L-58416)
Prisons (Amendment) Act, 1999 (No. 12 of 2000).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line [as amended to 2006]
Publisher
Government of Botswana
URL
http://www.laws.gov.bw/VOLUME%203/CHAPTER%2021-03%20PRISONS.pdf
File
BWA84992.pdf (PDF)