Act Info:
THE PROBATION OF OFFENDERS ACT, 19581
[Act No. 20 of 1958]
[16th May, 1958]
PREAMBLE
An Act to provide for the release of offenders on probation or after due admonition and for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
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1. Extended to the Union Territories of Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, section 3 and Schedule; Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Regn. 6 of 1963 (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) and Goa Daman and Diu by Regn. 11 of 1963 (w.e.f. 18-2-1964) and also to Sikkim (w.e.f. 2-10-1985), vide S.O. 529, dated 22nd July, 1983 read with S.O. 720 (E), dated 2 nd October, 1985, published in the Gazette of India, Extra, Pt. II, section 3 (ii), dated 2 nd October, 1985 .