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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 74

Title: Limit of Solitary Confinement

State: Central

Year: 1860

In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods.

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 29

Title: Solitary Confinement

State: Central

Year: 1894

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.

Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963 Section 28

Title: Solitary Confinement

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

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.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 73

Title: Solitary Confinement

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Code the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of the imprisonment to which he is sentenced, not exceeding three months in the whole, according to the following scale, that is to say-- a time not exceeding one month if the term of imprisonment shall not exceed six months; a time not exceeding two months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed six months and 1 [shall not exceed one] year; a time not exceeding three months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed one year. _____________________ 1. Substituted by act 8 of 1882, section 5, for "be less than a".

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Chapter 5

Title: Arrest of Persons

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....believing that an examination of his person will afford evidence as to the commission of an offence, it shall be lawful for a registered medical practitioner, acting at the request of a police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector, and for any person acting in good faith in his aid and under his direction, to make such an examination of the person arrested as is reasonable necessary in order to ascertain the facts which may afford such evidence, and to use such force as is reasonably necessary for that purpose. (2) Whenever the person of a female is to be examined under this section, the examination shall be made only by, or under the supervision of, a female registered medical practitioner. 1 Explanation.- In this section and in sections 53A and 54,-- (a) "examination" shall include the examination of blood, blood stains, semen, swabs in case of sexual offences, sputum and sweat, hair samples and finger nail clippings by the use of modern and scientific techniques including DNA profiling and such other tests which the registered medical practioner thinks necessary in a particular case; (b) "registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who.....

Navy Act, 1957 Chapter X

Title: Arrest

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....any person who is duly committed to his custody. ________________________ 1. Substituted for the word "seamen" and "seaman" by the Navy (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), Section 2 (16-12-1974). Section 88 - Procedure before trial Subject to the provisions of this Act, the procedure before trial and the manner of investigation shall be as prescribed. Section 89 - Provost-marshals (1) Provost-marshals may be appointed by the Chief of the Naval Staff or the prescribed officer. (2) The duties of a provost-marshal or to take charge of persons in naval custody, to preserve good order and discipline and to prevent breaches of the same by persons subject to naval law or to the law in force relating to the Government of the regular Army or the Air Force. (3) A provost-marshal may at any time arrest and detain for trial any person subject to naval law who commits, or is charged with, an offence and may also carry into effect any punishment to be inflicted in pursance of a sentence passed under this Act, but shall not inflict any punishment on his own authority: Provided that no officer shall be so arrested or detained otherwise than on the order of anotherofficer. (4).....

The East Punjab Armed Bands (Arrest and Detention) Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Haryana

Year: 1947

.....is likely to cause grievous hurt or death; but does not in- elude licensed arms or arms for which no license is under the provisions of the said Act or the rules made thereunder, required; (b) "Armed band" means any assembly or group of five or more persons, all or any of whom carry or carries, arms; Provided that no public servant who carries any arms in pursuance of his duties as such public servant shall be treated as member of an arm ed band; (c) "The Code" means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898; (d) "Concentration Camp" means any camp es tablished by or under the authority of the (Substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950) [State] Government for the dentention of persons contravening any of the provisions of this Act; (e) "Grievous hurt" has the meaning given to it in section 320 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; and (f) ''Public servant" has the meaning given to it in section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; 3. Power to arrest members of armed bands. (1) Any Magistrate and any police officer not below the rank of Station House Officer may arrest with out warrant any member of an armed band, and if resist ance is.....

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 37 to 40

Title: Arrest and Detention in the Civil Prison

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....discretion, order the judgment-debtor to be detained in the custody of an officer of the Court or release him on his furnishing security to the satisfaction of the Court for his appearance when required. (3) Upon the conclusion of the inquiry under sub-rule (1) the Court may, subject to the provisions of section 51 and to the other provisions of this Code, make an order for the detention of the judgment-debtor in the civil prison and shall in that event cause him to be arrested if he is not already under arrest : Provided that in order to give the judgment-debtor an opportunity of satisfying the decree, the Court may, before making the order of detention, leave the judgment-debtor in the custody of an officer of the Court for a specified period not exceeding fifteen days or release him on his furnishing security to the satisfaction of the Court for his appearance at the expiration of the specified period if the decree be not sooner satisfied. (4) A judgment-debtor released under this rule may be re-arrested. (5) When the Court does not make an order of detention under sub-rule (3), it shall disallow the application and, if the judgment-debtor is under arrest, direct his.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 46

Title: Arrest How Made

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....right to cause the death of a person who is not accused of an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for life. 1(4) Save in exceptional circumstances, no women shall be arrested after sunset and before sunrise, and where such exceptional circumstances exist, the woman police officer shall, by making a written report, obtain the prior permission of the Judicial Magistrate of the first class within whose local jurisdiction the offence is committed or the arrest is to be made. _________________________ 1. Inserted by Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005. 2. Inserted by Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008 to be effective from 31.12.2009 vide Notification No. S.O. 3313(E) dated 30.12.2009.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 50A

Title: Obligation of Person Making Arrest to Inform About the Arrest to Inform About the Arrest, Etc., to a Nominated Person

State: Central

Year: 1973

1[50A. Obligation of person making arrest to inform about the arrest to inform about the arrest, etc., to a nominated person (1) Every police officer or other person making any arrest under this Code shall forthwith give the information regarding such arrest and place where the arrested person is being held to any of his friends, relatives or such other persons as may be disclosed or nominated by the arrested person for the purpose of giving such information. (2) The police officer shall inform the arrested person of his rights under subsection (1) as soon as he is brought to the police station. (3) An entry of the fact as to who has been informed of the arrest of such person shall be made in a book to be kept in the police station in such form as may be prescribed in this behalf by the State Government. (4) It shall be the duty of the Magistrate before whom such arrested person is produced, to satisfy himself that the requirements of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) have been complied with in respect of such arrested person.] _______________________________ 1. Inserted by Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005.