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TypeBare Act JurisdictionMaharashtra Government

Civil Jails Act, 1874 Section 14

Subsistence of prisoners in Civil Jails

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About this section

Civil Jails Act, 1874 Section 14 is part of Civil Jails Act, 1874 - Subsistence of prisoners in Civil Jails. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

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(1) Prisoners, in the Civil Jail may either make their own arrangements for their subsistence, or may, within the amount of subsistence-money or batta furnished by the party at whose suit they are detained, require the nazir to furnish their food and other necessaries out of the subsistence-money fixed for them by the Court by which they are committed:

Provided that excess in the use of intoxicating liquors or drugs strictly prohibited. A tariff of prices approved by the District Judge on the first day of each month shall be kept in each Civil Jail shall be accessible to all the prisoners.

(2) Every civil prisoner unable to provide himself with sufficient clothing and bedding shall be supplied by the nazir with such clothing and bedding as may be ordered by the Judge or Assistant Judge under the provisions of section 11 of this Act. When any such prisoner has been committed to prison in execution of a decree in favour of a private person, such person, or his representative, shall be liable to pay to the nazir on demand in writing the cost of the clothing and bedding so supplied to the prisoner; and in default of such payment the prisoner shall be released.

Frequently asked questions

What does Civil Jails Act, 1874 Section 14 provide?

Section Section 14 of the Civil Jails Act, 1874 (Subsistence of prisoners in Civil Jails) is reproduced on this page as part of the Civil Jails Act, 1874. 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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