Bare Act
The Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022
Criminal202219 sections
The Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022 regulates the short-term release of convicted prisoners serving sentences in the State of Haryana. It creates a structured system allowing well-behaved inmates to temporarily re-enter society through regular parole, emergency parole, custody parole, or furlough. The law establishes strict eligibility rules, clear administrative deadlines, and stiff criminal penalties for failing to return to jail on time. For ordinary citizens and families of convicts, this statute provides a transparent framework to seek temporary release for family events, medical emergencies, or personal rehabilitation while ensuring public safety remains protected.
- 1. Short title, extent application and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Temporary release of convicted prisoner on regular parole on certain conditions.
- 4. Temporary release of convicted prisoner on furlough on certain conditions.
- 5. Temporary release of a convicted prisoner on emergency parole on certain conditions.
- 6. Temporary release of a convicted prisoner on custody parole and special provisions for hardcore convicted prisoners.
- 7. Exclusion of certain days in computing period under sections 3, 4 and 5.
- 8. Prisoner not entitled to be released in certain cases.
- 9. Liability of convicted prisoner to surrender on expiry of temporary release period and consequences of overstaying.
- 10. Penalty for failure to surrender.
- 11. General provisions.
- 12. Procedure for parole or furlough.
- 13. Power to make rules.
- 14. Repeal and savings.
- FORM A. FORM A
- FORM B. FORM B
- FORM C. FORM C
- FORM D. FORM D
- FORM E. FORM E
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