Bombay Borstal Schools Act, 1929, (Maharashtra) Preamble - Bare Act

Act Info:

THE BOMBAY BORSTAL SCHOOLS ACT, 1929¹

[Act No. 18 of 1929]²

[25th November, 1929]

PREAMBLE

An Act to provide for the establishment of Borstal Schools in the ³[State of Maharashtra]

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of Borstal schools in the ³[State of Maharashtra]; ⁴* * * * * It is hereby enacted as follows :-

NOTES

To secure the uniformity in the law relating to the Borstal Institutions throughout the State of Maharashtra, it was proposed to extend the Bombay Borstal Schools Act, 1929, to the rest of the State of Maharashtra, repealing the corresponding laws in force on the subject in the areas of Vidarbha and Hyderabad.

Main features are.-- (i) enabling the Deputy I. G. of Prisons to exercise the powers of the I. G. of Prisons;

(ii) appointment of a Principal, other officers and the Staff for Borstal School;

(iii) for commuting the unexpired residue of the term of detention in the case of persons unsuitable for training in Borstal School and their transfer to a prison;

(iv) for making a specific provisions in the law for release of offenders on parole and furlough;

(v) abolition of Investigating Committee.

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1. This Act was extended to, and shall, by virtue of such extension, be in force in that part of the State of Maharashtra to which immediately before the commencement of Mah. 21 of 1960, it did not extend (vide Mah. 21 of 1960, section 2).

2. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1929, Part V, p. 129; for Report of the Select Committee, see ibid., 1929, Part V, p. 143, and for Proceedings in Council, see Bombay Legislative Council Debates, 1929, Vols. XXVI and XXVII.

3. These words were substituted for the words "Presidency of Bombay" by Mah. 21 of 1960, sections 3 and 4.

4. The portion beginning with the words "and whereas" and ending with the words "passing of the Act" was deleted, ibid., section 4 (2).