Act Info:
Preamble1 - THE PRISONS ACT, 1894
Chapter I Section1 - Title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Repeal
Section3 - Definitions
Chapter II Section4 - Accommodation for prisoners
Section5 - Inspector General
Section6 - Officers of prisons
Section7 - Temporary accommodation for prisoners
Chapter III Section8 - Control and duties of officers of prisons
Section9 - Officers not to have business dealings with prisoners
Section10 - Officers not to be interested in prison-contracts
Section11 - Superintendent
Section12 - Records to be kept by Superintendent
Section13 - Dudes of Medical Officer
Section14 - Medical Officer to report in certain cases
Section15 - Report on death of prisoner
Section16 - Jailer
Section17 - Jailer to give notice of death of prisoner
Section18 - Responsibility of Jailer
Section19 - Jailer to be present at night
Section20 - Powers of Deputy and Assistant Jailers
Section21 - Duties of gate-keeper
Section22 - Subordinate Officers not to be absent without leave
Section23 - Convict Officers
Chapter IV Section24 - Prisoners to be examined on admission
Section25 - Effects of prisoners
Section26 - Removal and discharge of prisoners
Chapter V Section27 - Separation of prisoners
Section28 - Association and segregation of prisoners
Section29 - Solitary confinement
Section30 - Prisoners under sentence of death
Chapter VI Section31 - Maintenance of certain prisoners from private sources
Section32 - Restriction on transfer of food and clothing between certain prisoners
Section33 - Supply of clothing and bedding to civil and unconvicted criminal prisoners
Chapter VII Section34 - Employment of civil prisoners
Section35 - Employment of criminal prisoners
Section36 - Employment of criminal prisoners sentenced to simple imprisonment
Chapter VIII Section37 - Sick prisoners
Section38 - Record of directions of Medical Officer
Section39 - Hospital
Chapter IX Section40 - Visits to civil and unconvicted criminal prisoners
Section41 - Search of visitors
Chapter X Section42 - Penalty for introduction or removal of prohibited articles into or from prison and communication with prisoners
Section43 - Power to arrest for offence under section 42
Section44 - Publication of penalties
Chapter XI Section45 - Prison-offences
Section46 - Punishment of such offences
Section47 - Plurality of punishments, under section 46
Section48 - Award of punishments under sections 46 and 47
Section49 - Punishments to be in accordance with foregoing sections
Section50 - Medical Officer to certify to fitness of prisoner for punishment
Section51 - Entries in punishment-books
Section52 - Procedure on committal of heinous offence
Section53 - Whipping
Section54 - Offences by prison-subordinates
Chapter XII Section55 - Extramural custody, control and employment of prisoners
Section56 - Confinement in irons
Section57 - Confinement of prisoners under sentence of transportation in irons
Section58 - Prisoners not to be ironed by Jailer except under necessity
Section59 - Power to make rules
Section60 - Power of Local Government to make rules
Section61 - Exhibition of copies of rules
Section62 - Exercise of powers of Superintendent and Medical Officer
ScheduleI - SCHEDULE