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Prisoners Act, 1900 Complete Act

Title: Prisoners Act, 1900

State: Central

Year: 1900

.....Presidency Magistrates Section11 - Delivery of persons committed for trial by High Court Section12 - Custody pending hearing by High Court under section 350 of the Code of Civil Procedure of application for insolvency Section13 - Delivery of persons arrested in pursuance of warrant of High Court or Civil Court in Presidency-town Part IV Section14 - References in this Part to prisons etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools Section15 - Power for officers in charge of prisons to give effect to sentences of certain Courts Section16 - Warrant of officer of such Court to be sufficient authority Section17 - Procedure where officer in charge of prison doubts the legality of warrant sent to himfor execution under this Part Section18 - Execution in the States of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there Part V Section19 - [Repealed] Section20 - [Repealed] Section21 - [Repealed] Section22 - [Repealed] Section23 - [Repealed] Section24 - [Repealed] Section25 - [Repealed] Section26 - [Repealed] Section27 - [Repealed] Part VI Section28 - References in this Part to prisons etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools .....

Prisoners Act, 1900 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1900

.....state merged in the State of Bombay (now split up into the States ofMaharashtraandGujarat)byBorn.Act4of 1950 and the old Madhya Pradesh by Madh. Pra Actl2ofl950. This Act, as was in force in the pre-reorganised State of Bombay (excluding the transferred territories), is extended to the Hyderabad and Saurashtra areas of the State of Bombay by "Born. Act 15 of 1959, Section 2 and part Vl-A inserted by C. P. and BerarAct 4 of 1939 is repealed in its application to the Vidarbha region of the State by Born. Act 23 of 1959, Section 5(ii) (1- 6-1959). The Act as was in force in Mahakoshal region has been extended to all the other regions of the State of Madhya PraJesh by M. P. Act 23 of 1955, Section 3( I ). The Act, as extends to the State of Madras, is extended to the merged States of Pudukottai. BanganapalleadSandurbyMadrasAct35of 1949, Section 3 (with effect from 1-1-1950); and to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district by Madras Act 22 of 1957, Section 3 (18-12-1957). This Act as amended from time to time and in force in Punjab is extended to the territories which were comprised in the State of Pepsu by Punj.Act 5 of 1957, Section 4(1).....

Prisoners Act, 1900 Section 5

Title: Warrants Etc., to Be Directed to Police Officers

State: Central

Year: 1900

Every writ or warrant for the arrest of any person issued by the High Court in the exercise of its ordinary, extraordinary or other criminal jurisdiction shall be directed to and executed by a Police officer within the local limitsof such jurisdiction.

Prisoners Act, 1900 Part III

Title: Prisoners in the Presidency-towns

State: Central

Year: 1900

.....law. ________________________ 1.This reference should be construedas applying to the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920, see, section 83(2) of thatAct. Section 13 - Delivery of persons arrested in pursuance of warrant of High Court or Civil Court in Presidency-town (1) Every person arrested in pursuance of a writ, warrant or order of the High Court in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction, or in pursuance of a warrant of any Civil Court established in a Presidency-town under any law or enactment for the time being in force, or in pursuance of a warrant issued under section 5, shall be brought without delay before the Court by which, or by a Judge of which, the writ, warrant or order was issued, awarded or made, or before a Judge thereof, if the said Court, or a Judge thereof, is then sitting for the exercise of original jurisdiction. (2) If the said Court, or a Judge thereof, is not then sitting for the exercise of original jurisdiction, such person arrested as aforesaid shall, unless a Judge of the said Court otherwise directs, be delivered to the Superintendent for intermediate custody, and shall be brought before the said Court, or a Judge thereof, at the.....

Prisoners Act, 1900 Section 6

Title: Power for 1[State] Governments to Appoint Superintendents of Presidency Prisons

State: Central

Year: 1900

6.Power for 1 [State] Governments to appoint Superintendents of presidency prisons The 2 [State Government] may appoint officers who shall have authority to receive and detain prisoners committed to their custody under this part. Explanation.--Any officer so appointed, by whatever designation he may be styled, is hereinafter referred to as "the Superintendent". ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government"

Prisoners Act, 1900 Section 15

Title: Power for Officers in Charge of Prisons to Give Effect to Sentences of Certain Courts

State: Central

Year: 1900

.....Court or tribunal in Burma without the previous sanction of the State Government concerned. (2) Where a Court or tribunal of such an Indian State as aforesaid had passed a sentence which could not have been executed without the concurrence of an officer of the Crown, and such sentence had been considered on the merits and confirmed by any such officer specially authorised in that behalf, such sentence, and any order or warrant issued in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed to be the sentence, order or warrant of a Court or tribunal acting under the authority of the Central Government or the Crown Representative.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for section 15. 2. The word "or" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956. 3. Clause (c) omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956

Prisoners Act, 1900 Section 13

Title: Delivery of Persons Arrested in Pursuance of Warrant of High Court or Civil Court in Presidency-town

State: Central

Year: 1900

.....warrant or order of the High Court in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction, or in pursuance of a warrant of any Civil Court established in a Presidency-town under any law or enactment for the time being in force, or in pursuance of a warrant issued under section 5, shall be brought without delay before the Court by which, or by a Judge of which, the writ, warrant or order was issued, awarded or made, or before a Judge thereof, if the said Court, or a Judge thereof, is then sitting for the exercise of original jurisdiction. (2) If the said Court, or a Judge thereof, is not then sitting for the exercise of original jurisdiction, such person arrested as aforesaid shall, unless a Judge of the said Court otherwise directs, be delivered to the Superintendent for intermediate custody, and shall be brought before the said Court, or a Judge thereof, at the next sitting of the said Court, or of a Judge thereof, for the exercise of original jurisdiction in order that such person may be dealt with according to law; and the said Court or Judge shall have power to make or award all necessary orders or warrants for that purpose.

Calcutta Tramways (Electrictraction) Act, 1900 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1900

CALCUTTA TRAMWAYS (ELECTRICTRACTION) ACT, 1900 CALCUTTA TRAMWAYS (ELECTRICTRACTION) ACT, 1900 4 of 1900 22nd August, 1900 An Act to give effect to an agreement made on the 9th December, 1899, between the Corporation of Calcutta and the Calcutta Tramways Company, Limited. WHEREAS an agreement, a copy whereof is set forth in the schedule to this Act, was made between the Corporation of Calcutta and the Calcutta Tramways Company, Limited, on the 9th December, 1899; AND WHEREAS it is declared in the said agreement that the same shall be subject to sanction and authorization by an Act of the Bengal Legislative Council to be thereafter passed for the purpose; AND WHEREAS it is expedient that such sanction and authorization should be given; It is hereby enacted as follows: Section 1 Short title This Act may be called the Calcutta Tramways (Electric Traction) Act, 1900. Section 2 Sanction to the agreement The agreement, a copy whereof is set forth in the schedule to this Act, is hereby sanctioned and authorized; and the concessions or contracts, dated respectively the 2nd October, 1879, and the 22nd November, 1879, and the agreement of the 2nd September, 1893, in such.....

Prisoners Act, 1900 Part IV

Title: Prisoners Outside the Presidency-towns

State: Central

Year: 1900

.....under sub-section (1), the prisoner shall be detained in such manner and with such restrictions or mitigations as may be specified in the warrant or order. Section 18 - Execution in the States of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there (1) Where a1[Court established by the authority of the Central Government] exercising in or with respect to territory beyond the limits of the States, jurisdiction which2[the3[Central Government]] has in such territory, -- (a) has sentenced any person to death, and (b) being of opinion that such sentence should, by reason of there being in such territory no secure place for the confinement of such person or no suitable appliances for his execution in a decent and humane manner, be executed in the States, has issued its warrant for the execution of such sentence to the officer in charge of a prison in the States, such officer shall, on receipt of the warrant, cause the execution to be carried out at such place as may be prescribed therein in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions in all respects as if it were a warrant duly issued under the provisions of section 381 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of.....

Prisoners Act, 1900 Part I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1900

(1) This Act may be called the Prisoners Act, 1900. 1 [(2) It extends to the whole of India except 2 [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in] Part B States.] 3 [***]4 [***] ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2). 2. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States". 3. The word "and" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, section. 3 and Sch. II. 4. Sub-section (3) rep. by Act 10 of 1914, section. 3 and Sch. II. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "Court" includes a Coroner and any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction; and (b) "prison" includes any place which has been declared by the1[State Government], by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail; 2[(c) "States" means the territories to which this Act extends.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". 2. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for clause (c) which had been Inserted by the A.O. 1950.