Period for which licence is to be in force

A licence granted under the provisions of section 2 shall be in force until the date on which the person released would in the execution of the order of warrant authorising his imprisonment have been discharged from prison had he not been released on licence, or until the licence is revoked, whichever is earlier. The following classes of prisoners shall not be released under Act:-(a) Those convicted of offences under the Madhya Bharat Vagrants, Habitual Offenders and Criminals (Restrictions and Settlement) Act, 1952, or any law in force in any region of the State corresponding to the said Act, or the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 or under the following Chapters or sections of the Indian Penal Code, Chapters V-A, VI and VII and section 216-A, 224 and 225 (if it is a case of an escape from a jail), 231, 232, 303, 311, 328, 361, 376, 382, 386 to 389, 392 to 402, 413, 459, 460 and 489-A; (b) Those convicted under section 7 of the Act or who are serving the unexpired sentence under sub-section (3) of section 8 of the Act, or whose licence has been previously revoked on account of the breach of the conditions of the licence; (c) Those whose applications for release, other than an application for remission of sentence under section 8, were on a previous occasion rejected by the Government; (d) Those convicted by a Court Martial; (e) Those whose applications for temporary release under section 31A of the prisoner's Act, 1900 or rules thereunder have been rejected; (f) Those who have been prosecuted and convicted for the breach of the rules under section 31A of the Prisoner's Act, 1900. Explanation.-The rule in clause (c) precludes a convict from himself applying a second time for release under section 2 of the Act, but the Government may direct the Inspector-General of Prisons to place any case, which has already been once rejected, for reconsideration before the Board.