THE HIMACHAL PRADESH GOOD CONDUCT PRISONERS' PROBATIONAL RELEASE ACT, 1968
The Himachal Pradesh Good Conduct Prisoners' Probational Release Act, 1968
This Act regulates the conditional release of prisoners in Himachal Pradesh, allowing them to serve sentences outside of jail under supervision. It applies to incarcerated individuals whose prison conduct and history suggest they will avoid crime and lead useful, productive lives. This law matters because it promotes active rehabilitation and social reintegration over punishment, counting their release time as part of the completed sentence. However, if a parolee escapes supervision or violates their conditions, the government can revoke the license, return them to custody, and prosecute them for escaping supervision, which helps to balance offender reform with general community safety.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
- 3. Power of Government to release by licence on conditions imposed by it
- 4. Period for which licence is to be in force
- 5. Period of release to be reckoned as imprisonment for computing period of sentence served
- 6. Form of licence.- A licence granted under the provisions of section
- 7. Power to revoke licence
- 8. Released absconders who escape from supervision to be punishable
- 9. Power to make rules.
- 10. Repeal and savings
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