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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 Section 45

Prison Offences

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About this section

Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 Section 45 is part of Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 - Prison Offences. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

The following acts are declared to be prison offences when committed by a prisoner:-

(1) such wilful disobedience to any regulation of the prison as shall have been declared by rules made under this Act to be a prison offence;

(2) any assault or use of criminal force;

(3) the use of insulting or threatening language;

(4) immoral or indecent or disorderly behaviour;

(5) wilfully disabling himself from labour;

(6) contumaciously refusing to work;

(7) filing, cutting, altering or removing hand--cuffs, fetters or bars without due authority;

(8) wilful idleness or negligence at work by any prisoner sentenced to rigorous imprisonment;

(9) wilful mismanagement of work by any prisoner sentenced to rigorous imprisonment;

(10) wilful damage to prison property;

(11) tampering with or defacing history ticket, records or documents;

(12) receiving, possessing or transferring any prohibited article;

(13) feigning illness;

(14) wilfully bringing a false accusation against any officer or prisoner;

(15) omitting or refusing to report as soon as it comes to his knowledge the occurrence of any fire, any plot or conspiracy, any escape, attempt or preparation to escape, and any attack or preparation for attack upon any prisoner or prison official; and

(16) conspiring to escape or to assist in escaping or to commit any other of the offences aforesaid.

Frequently asked questions

What does Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 Section 45 provide?

Section Section 45 of the Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 (Prison Offences) is reproduced on this page as part of the Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

How do I find judgments on Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 Section 45?

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