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(4) In this section the expression “the appointed society” means a society appointed by the Prison Commissioners for the purposes of this section, being a society approved by the Secretary of State and the Prison Commissioners may appoint a society either to act in all cases or to act in such cases or classes of cases as they may direct.

30.—(1) The Secretary of State may, after examining the rules of any society formed for the purpose of assisting by voluntary subscriptions discharged prisoners and after satisfying himself about the condition of the society, issue a certificate approving the society for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Secretary of State may for reasonable cause suspend or revoke any certificate granted by him under this section.

31. When a prisoner is discharged from prison the Prison Commissioners may, on the recommendation of the visiting committee or board of visitors or otherwise, order a sum of money not exceeding two pounds to be paid by the governor to the prisoner or to the treasurer of a society certified under the last preceding section, on the governor receiving from the society an undertaking in writing, signed by the secretary, to apply the money for the benefit of the prisoner.

32. When a prisoner is discharged from prison the Prison Commissioners may provide him with the means of returning to his home either by paying his fare or in any other convenient manner; and where the prison from which he is discharged is situated outside the county, borough or place in which he was arrested, the Prison Commissioners shall pay the cost of his return to the place where he was arrested or to the place where he was convicted, whichever is nearer to the prison. Provision, maintenance and closing of prisons

33.—(1) The Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury alter, enlarge or rebuild any prison and build new prisons.

(2) The Secretary of State may provide new prisons by declaring to be a prison any building or part of a building built for the purpose or vested in him or under his control.

(3) A declaration under this section may with respect to the building or part of a building declared to be a prison make the same provisions as an order under the next following section may make with respect to an existing prison. 13