TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1894

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 29

Solitary Confinement

Section Text


No cell shall be used for solitary confinement unless it is furnished with the means of enabling the prisoner to communicate at any time with an officer of the prison, and every prisoner so confined in a cell for more than twenty-four hours, whether as a punishment or otherwise, shall be visited at least once a day by the Medical Officer or Medical Subordinate.