The Prisoners (Chhattisgarh Amendment) Act, 2021

1. (1) This Act may be called the Prisoners (Chhattisgarh Amendment) Act, 2021.
2. (2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

The Prisoners Act, 1900 (No. 3 of 1900), (hereinafter referred to as the Principal

Amendment of Section -1 3.In Section 31-A of the Principal Act,-

1. (i) in sub-section (1), for the words “twenty one”, the words “forty two” shall be substituted.
2. (ii) in sub-section (3),-

1. (a) in clause (i), for the word “two”, the word “three” shall be substituted; and
2. (b) in clause (ii), for the word “ten”, the word “fourteen” shall be substituted.