Bare Act
The Himachal Pradesh Good Conduct Prisoners' (Temporary Release) Act, 1968
The Himachal Pradesh Good Conduct Prisoners Temporary Release Act 1968 regulates the temporary release of convicts who display good conduct on parole or furlough. It applies to prisoners in Himachal Pradesh, excluding those deemed security threats or habitual offenders. The law permits temporary release for family emergencies, marriages, or agricultural work, and grants furlough to long term prisoners with good behavior records. This legislation matters because it humanizes penal systems by helping prisoners maintain family bonds and livelihoods, while protecting the public through strict return conditions, government funded travel assistance for poor inmates, and criminal penalties for failing to surrender on time.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Temporary release of prisoners on certain grounds
- 4. Temporary release of prisoners on furlough
- 5. Exclusion of certain days in computing period under sections 3 and 4
- 6. Prisoners not entitled to be released in certain cases
- 7. Journey expenses of poor prisoners to be borne by the Government
- 8. Liability of prisoner to surrender on expiry of release period and consequences of overstaying
- 9. Penalty for failure to surrender
- 10. Power to make rules
- 11. Repeal and savings
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