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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 36

Employment of Criminal Prisoners Sentenced to Simple Imprisonment

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Prisons Act, 1894 Section 36 is part of Prisons Act, 1894 - Employment of Criminal Prisoners Sentenced to Simple Imprisonment. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Provision shall be made by the Superintendent for the employment (as long as they so desire) of all criminal prisoners sentenced to simple imprisonment; but no prisoner not sentenced to rigorous imprisonment shall be punished for neglect of work excepting by such alteration in the scale of diet as may be established by the rules of the prison in the case of neglect of work by such a prisoner.

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What does Prisons Act, 1894 Section 36 provide?

Section Section 36 of the Prisons Act, 1894 (Employment of Criminal Prisoners Sentenced to Simple Imprisonment) 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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