Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Prison Security Act 1992 (1992)

Offence of prison mutiny. 1.— (1) Any prisoner who takes part in a prison mutiny shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine or to both.
(2) For the purposes of this section there is a prison mutiny where two or more prisoners, while on the premises of any prison, engage in conduct which is intended to further a common purpose of overthrowing lawful authority in that prison.
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