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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 33

Supply of Clothing and Bedding to Civil and Unconvicted Criminal Prisoners

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Prisons Act, 1894 Section 33 is part of Prisons Act, 1894 - Supply of Clothing and Bedding to Civil and Unconvicted Criminal Prisoners. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Every civil prisoner and unconvicted criminal prisoner unable to provide himself with sufficient clothing and bedding shall be supplied by the Superintendent with such clothing and bedding as may be necessary.

(2) When any civil prisoner has been committed to prison in execution of a decree in favour of a private person, such person, or his representative, shall, within forty-eight hours after the receipt by him of a demand in writing, pay to the Superintendent the cost of the clothing and bedding so supplied to the prisoner and in default of such payment the prisoner may be released.

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What does Prisons Act, 1894 Section 33 provide?

Section Section 33 of the Prisons Act, 1894 (Supply of Clothing and Bedding to Civil and Unconvicted Criminal 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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