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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 1

Title, Extent and Commencement

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Prisons Act, 1894 Section 1 is part of Prisons Act, 1894 - Title, Extent and Commencement. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) This Act may be called the Prisons Act, 1894.

1[(2) It extends to the whole of India except2[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States];] and

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1894.

(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to civil jails in the3[State] of Bombay4[as it existed immediately before the 1st November, 1956] outside the city of Bombay, and those jails shall continue to be administered under the provisions of sections 9 to 16 (both inclusive) of Bombay Act 2 of 18745, as amended by subsequent enactments.

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1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for subsection (2).

2. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".

3. Substituted by the A.O. 1950 for "province" which was Substituted by the A.O. 1948, for "presidency".

4. Inserted by Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.

5. The Civil Jails Act, 1874.

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