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Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 Section 39

Title: Power of Superintendent to Send a Prisoner to Hospital or Asylum for Special Treatment

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....to the prisoner or any relative or friend of the prisoner executing such bond and abiding by such conditions, if any, as the State Government may by rule or order prescribe. Any period during which the prisoner is undergoing treatment in such hospital or asylum or spent by him in going thereto, or returning therefrom shall be deemed to be part of the period of his detention in the prison. Explanation 1.--Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to affect the operation of section 11 of the 1 [Karnataka] Prisoners Act, 1963, in cases in which that section applies. Explanation 2.--In this section "prisoner" means a convicted criminal prisoner. (2) If any prisoner dealt with under sub--section (1) escapes or attempts to escape from the hospital or asylum to which he has been sent or when going thereto or returning therefrom, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both; and such punishment shall be in addition to the punishment for which the prisoner was liable for the offence of which he was already convicted. (3) The provisions of Chapter XLII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, shall, in so far as.....

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 3

Title: Appointment of Leper Asylums by State Government

State: Central

Year: 1898

The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint any place to be a leper asylum if it is satisfied that adequate arrangements have been made or will be made for the accommodation and medical treatment of lepers therein, and may, b a like notification, specify the local areas from which lepers may be sent to such asylum.]

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 17

Title: Power to Local Authorities to Expend Funds and Appropriate Property to Asylums

State: Central

Year: 1898

Notwithstanding anything in any enactment with respect to the purposes to which the funds or other property of a local authority may be applied, any local authority may-- (a) establish or maintain , or establish an maintain, or contribute towards the cost of the establishment or maintenance or the establishment and maintenance of, a leper asylum either within or without the local limits of such local authority ; (b) with the previous sanction of the State Government and subject to such conditions as that Government may prescribe, appropriate any immovable property vested in, or under the control of, such body, as a site for , or for use as, a leper asylum.

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 4

Title: Appointment of Inspectors of Lepers and Superintendents of Asylums

State: Central

Year: 1898

subject to any rules which may be made under section 16, the State Government may appoint any Medical Officer of the Government or other qualified medical man to be an Inspector of Lepers and any person to be a Superintendent of a Leper Asylum, with such establishment as may, in its opinion, by necessary, and every Inspector or Superintendent so appointed shall be deemed to be a public servant.

Lunacy Act, 1912 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1912

.....(2) If either of the medical certificates any relatives, partner or assistant of the lunatic or of the petitioner the petition shall state the fact and where the person signing is a relative the exact manner in which he is related to the lunatic or petitioner. (3) The petition shall also state whether any previous application has been presented for an inquiry into the mental capacity of the alleged lunatic in any Court; and if such application has been made, a certified copy of the order made thereon shall be attached to the petition (4) No application for a reception order shall be entertained in any area outside the Presidency-towns unless the State Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette declared such area as an areas in which reception orders may be made". SECTION 06: APPLICATION BY WHOM TO BE PRESENTED. 15[(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) the petition shall be presented by the husband or the wife of the alleged lunatic, or, if there is no husband or wife or the husband or wife is prevented by reason of insanity, absence from India or otherwise from making Or presentation, by the nearest relative of the alleged lunatic who is not so.....

Lepers Act, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....admitting him to bail : Provided also that if any friend or relative of any person found to be a pauper leper shall undertake in writing to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that such pauper leper shall be properly taken care of and shall be prevented from publicly begging in any area specified under section 3-, the Magistrate, instead of sending the leper to an asylum, may make the leper over to the care of such friend or relative, requiring him if he thinks fit, to enter into a bond with one or more sureties, to which the provisions of section 514 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be applicable. (2) If the Magistrate finds that such person is not a leper, or that, if a leper, he is not a pauper leper, he shall forthwith discharge him. "In consonance with several opinions we have modified clause 8 in the direction of greater distinctness and elasticity. The class of Magistrate who should ordinarily deal with these cases has been specified, and the right of every alleged leper to examine the Inspector of Lepers upon his certificate in Form B, and to require that the allegation of leprosy shall, if not admitted, be fully proved, has been made clear. We have, on the analogy.....

The Indian Lunacy (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1933 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1933

.....purpose hereinafter appearing; It Is hereby enacted as follows: SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Indian Lunacy (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1938. SECTION 02: INSERTION OF NEW SECTION 33A IN ACT IV OF 1912 In the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, after Section 33, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:- "33A. Temporary release of lunatics:(1) When any relative or friend of a lunatic detained in any asylum under the provisions, of Section 7, 10, 14, 15 or 17 is desirous that such lunatic shall be temporarily released and delivered over to his care and custody, he may make an application to the person in charge of the asylum, who shall make an order for the temporary release of such lunatic for a ˜period not exceeding sixty days, unless for any reason he considers that such release is undesirable and such lunatic shall, thereupon, be so released. (2) No order under sub-section (1) for the temporary release of a lunatic detained under Section 7 or 10 shall be passed except on an application of the petitioner on whose petition such lunatic was detained or without the consent in writing of such petitioner: Provided that, if in any such case, it appears to the.....

The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Begging Act, 1945 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1945

.....of eighteen years, he shall, without delay, be produced before a Magistrate] together with the certificate and a report by a Police Officer of the facts of the case. (2) The Magistrate shall make a summary inquiry into the facts of the case and the circumstances and the character of the person produced before him. (3) During such inquiry the Magistrate shall explain to such person the facts alleged against him in the Police report and record any statement which he may wish to make with reference thereto. (4) If such person disputes the correctness of the Police report in any material respect, the Magistrate shall proceed as nearly as may be in accordance with the procedure laid down for the trial of summons cases, in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Now Central Act 2 of 1974) 8. Orders to be passed by Magistrate, if he finds accused to be (Substituted by section 9 (i) of the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Begging [Amendment] Act, 1964 (Tamil Nadu Act 40 of 1964)) [under eighteen]. " If the Magistrate finds that the person in respect of whom an inquiry is made under section 7 is guilty of an offence under section 3, but has not attained the age of (Substituted by.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Chapter 25

Title: Provisions as to Accused Persons of Unsound Mind

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....that such person is of unsound mind and consequently incapable of making his defence, the Magistrate or Court shall, in the first instance, try the fact of such unsoundness and incapacity, and if the Magistrate or Court, after considering such medical and other evidence as may be produced before him or it, is satisfied of the fact, he or it shall record a finding to that effect and shall postpone further proceedings in the case. 1[(1A) If during trial, the Magistrate or Court of Sessions finds the accused to be of unsound mind, he or it shall refer such person to a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist for care and treatment, and the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, as the case may be shall report to the Magistrate or Court whether the accused is suffering from unsoundness of mind: Provided that if the accused is aggrieved by the information given by the psychiatric or clinical psychologist, as the case may be, to the Magistrate, he may prefer an appeal before the Medical Board which shall consist of-- (a) head of psychiatry unit in the nearest government hospital; and (b) a faculty member in psychiatry in the nearest medical college.] 2[(2) If such Magistrate or.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....as such Magistrate, exercised the powers of an Assistant Sessions Judge, he may be invested with the powers under this section notwithstanding the fact that he has not exercised the powers of Magistrate of the first class for not less than ten years." Act 19 of 1969, Section 3 and Schedule, Item 14 (in Delhi on 2-10-1969). WEST BENGAL In its application to the State of West Bengal, for Section 30, substitute the following, namely: "30. Offences punishment with imprisonment not exceeding seven years.-Notwithstanding any thing contained in Section 28 or Section 29, the State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, invest any Judicial Magistrate of the first class with power to try as a Magistrate all offences not punishable with death or with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years : Provided that no Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such powers unless he has, for not less than ten years, exercised powers not inferior to those of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class : Provided further that if any Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such Magistrate,.....