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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Navy Act, 1957 Section 159

POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS IN RESPECT OF NAVAL PRISONS AND DETENTION QUARTERS

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 159 is part of Navy Act, 1957 - POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS IN RESPECT OF NAVAL PRISONS AND DETENTION QUARTERS. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1 ) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make regulations providing,-

(a) for the government, management and regulation of naval prisons and detention quarters;

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

(c) for the food, bedding and clothing of prisoners or persons undergoing detention therein ;

(d) for the labour of such prisoners or persons therein and for enabling such prisoners or persons to earn by special industry and good conduct remission of a portion of their sentence; and (e) for the care of such prisoners or persons, their safe custody and the maintenance of good order and discipline among them and the punishment by personal correction, restraint or otherwise of offences committed by such prisoners or persons.

(2) The regulations to be made under this section may apply to naval prisons or detention quarters any of the provisions of the Prisons Act, 1894, and rules made thereunder, imposing punishments on any persons not being prisoners or relating to the duties of gaolers, medical officers and other officers of the prisons.

(3) The regulations to be made under this section shall not authorise corporal punishment to be inflicted for any offence.

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What does Navy Act, 1957 Section 159 provide?

Section Section 159 of the Navy Act, 1957 (POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS IN RESPECT OF NAVAL PRISONS AND DETENTION QUARTERS) is reproduced on this page as part of the Navy Act, 1957. 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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