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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.

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".

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) Chapter 3

Title: Of Punishments

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....ten years but not for life [Repealed] Rep. by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act, 1949 (17 of 1949) (w.e.f. 6-4-1949). Section 57 - Fractions of terms of punishment In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 1 [imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to 1 [imprisonment] for twenty years. _____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). Section 58 - Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported [Repealed] Rep. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ad, 1955 (26 of 1955), section 117 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). Section 59 - Transportation instead of imprisonment [Repealed] Rep. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955 (26 of 1955). section 117 and Schedule, (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). Section 60 - Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple In every ease in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall.....

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....1908, `India', means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Under s. 2(e) of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, `India' means for the purposes of this Act the territories to which this Act extends (i.e., whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir). According to s. 2(27) of Customs Act, 1962, `India' includes the territorial waters of India. SECTION 19: "JUDGE" The word "judge" denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a Judge, but also every person, who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgement or a judgement which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgement which, if confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive, or who is one of a body of persons, which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgement. Illustrations (a) A Collector exercising jurisdiction in a suit under Act 10 of 1859, is a Judge. (b) A Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power to sentence to fine or imprisonment, with or without appeal, is a Judge. (c) A member of a Panchayat which has power.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....(2) of Section 5, for the words 'but subject to any enactment', substitute the words 'but, save as otherwise provided by this Code, subject to any enactment'. [W.B. Act 8 of 1970, Section 3 and Sch., item 2]. (1) All offences under the Indian Penal Code shall be investigated, inquired into, tried and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained. Trial of offences against other laws (2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating, inquiring into, trying or otherwise dealing with such offences. PART 2 CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: CHAPTER 2: OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: SECTION 6: Glasses of Criminal Courts: Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law other than this Code for the time being in force, there shall be five classes of Criminal Courts in [India], namely,- : State Amendments GUJARAT.-In its application to the State of Gujarat the amendment made in Section 6 is the.....

Prisons Act, 1894 Chapter XI

Title: Prison-offences

State: Central

Year: 1894

.....which may not be awarded in combination for any such offence. ] ________________________ 1. Section 47 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3. 2. Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3, for "solitary" 3. Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3, for exception (3). 4. Substituted by Act 10 of 1914, Section 2 and Sch.I, for "or". 5. Inserted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3. 6. Substituted by the A. O.1937 for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". Section 48 - Award of punishments under sections 46 and 47 (1) The Superintendent shall have power to award any of the punishments enumerated in the two last foregoing sections, subject, in the case of separate confinement for a period exceeding one month, to the previous confirmation of the Inspector General. (2) No officer subordinate to the Superintendent shall have power to award any punishment whatever. Section 49 - Punishments to be in accordance with foregoing sections Except by order of a Court of Justice, no punishment other than the punishments specified in the foregoing sections shall be inflicted on any prisoner, and.....

Prisons Act, 1894 Chapter V

Title: Discipline of Prisoners

State: Central

Year: 1894

.....convicted criminal prisoners; and (4) civil prisoners shall be kept apart from criminal prisoners. _______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 6 of 1930, section 2, for "eighteen". Section 28 - Association and segregation of prisoners Subject to the requirements of the last foregoing section, convicted criminal prisoners may be confined either in association or individually in cells or partly in one way and partly in the other. Section 29 - Solitary confinement 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. Section 30 - Prisoners under sentence of death (1) Every prisoner under sentence of death shall, immediately on his arrival in the prison after sentence, be searched by, or by order of, the Jailer and all articles shall be taken from him which the Jailer deems it dangerous or inexpedient to leave in his possession. (2) Every such prisoner.....

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 46

Title: Punishment of Such Offences

State: Central

Year: 1894

.....render any female or civil prisoner liable to the imposition of any form of handcuffs or fetters, or to whipping. ________________________ 1.Inserted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 2. 2.Substituted by the A. O.1937, for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". 3.Substituted by the A. O.1937 for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". 4.Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section2, for "six". 5.Clause (11) rep.and Clauses (12) and (13) renumbered as Clauses (11) and (12) respectively by Act 17 of 1925,Section 2. 6.Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section2, for "solitary". 7.The words "as defined in clause (11)" omitted by Act 17 of 1925,Section 2.