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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Army Act, 1950 Section 177

Power to Make Rules in Respect of Prisons and Prisoners

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Army Act, 1950 Section 177 is part of Army Act, 1950 - Power to Make Rules in Respect of Prisons and Prisoners. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

The Central Government may make rules providing--

(a) for the government, management and regulation of military prisons;

(b) for the appointment, removal and powers of inspectors, visitors, governors and officers thereof;

(c) for the labour of prisoners undergoing confinement therein, and for enabling persons to earn, by special industry and good conduct, a remission of a portion of their sentence;

(d) for the safe custody of prisoners and the maintenance of discipline among them and the punishment, by personal correction, restraint or otherwise, of offences committed by prisoners;

(e) for the application to military prisons of any of the provisions of the Prisons Act, 1894 (9 of 1894), relating to the duties of officers of prisons and the punishment of persons not being prisoners;

(f) for the admission into any prison, at proper times and subject to proper restrictions, of persons with whom prisoners may desire to communicate, and for the consultation by prisoners under trial with their legal advisers without the presence as far as possible of any third party within hearing distance.

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What does Army Act, 1950 Section 177 provide?

Section Section 177 of the Army Act, 1950 (Power to Make Rules in Respect of Prisons and Prisoners) is reproduced on this page as part of the Army Act, 1950. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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