THE PRISONS (PUNJAB AMENDMENT) ACT, 1926

(Punjab Act IX of 1926)

C O N T E N T S

Sections

         1.         Short title, extent and commencement.

         2.         Amendment of section 6 of the Prisions Act, 1894.

 

[1]THE PRISONS (PUNJAB AMENDMENT) ACT, 1926

(Punjab Act IX of 1926)

[16 August 1926]

An Act to amend the Prisons Act, 1894

Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Prisons Act, 1894, in its application to the Punjab, in the manner hereinafter appearing, and whereas the previous sanction of the Governor-General under clause (f) of sub-section (3) of section 80-A of the Government of Indian Act has been obtained;

      It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1.   Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Prisons (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1926.

      (2)  It extends to the Punjab.

      (3)  It shall come into force on such date as the [2][Provincial Government] may by notification appoint in this behalf.

2.   Amendment of section 6 of the Prisons Act, 1894.— To section 6 of the Prisons Act, 1894, the following further proviso shall be deemed to be added, namely:-

      “Provided further that in the Punjab the [3][Provincial Government] may appoint for any prison, a Deputy Superintendent instead of a Jailor, and an Assistant Superintendent instead of a Deputy or Assistant Jailor, and these officers when so appointed shall exercise the same power, shall discharge the same duties, and shall be subject to the same disabilities as Jailors and Deputy or Assistant jailors respectively.”

 


[1]Received the assent of the Governor on 22nd July 1926; that of the Governor-General on 9th August, 1926; and was first published in the Punjab Government Gazette of the 16th August, 1926.

[2]Substituted, for ‘Local Government’, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, 1937.

[3]Ibid.