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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 56

Confinement in Irons

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/36801

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Prisons Act, 1894 Section 56 is part of Prisons Act, 1894 - Confinement in Irons. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Whenever the Superintendent considers it necessary (with reference either to the state of the prison or the character of the prisoners) for the safe custody of any prisoners that they should be confined in irons, he may, subject to such rules and instructions as may be laid down by the Inspector General with the sanction of the 1 [State Government], so confine them.

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1. Substituted by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government".

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Section Section 56 of the Prisons Act, 1894 (Confinement in Irons) 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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