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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 7

Temporary Accommodation for Prisoners

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Prisons Act, 1894 Section 7 is part of Prisons Act, 1894 - Temporary Accommodation for Prisoners. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Whenever it appears to the Inspector General that the number of prisoners in any prison is greater than can conveniently or safely be kept therein, and it is not convenient to transfer the excess number to some other prison,

or whenever from the outbreak of epidemic disease within any prison, or for any other reason, it is desirable to provide for the temporary shelter and safe custody of any prisoners,

provision shall be made, by such officer and in such manner as the State Government may direct, for the shelter and safe custody in temporary prisons of so many of the prisoners as cannot be conveniently or safely kept in the prison.

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What does Prisons Act, 1894 Section 7 provide?

Section Section 7 of the Prisons Act, 1894 (Temporary Accommodation for Prisoners) is reproduced on this page as part of the Prisons Act, 1894. 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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