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The Madhya Pradesh Borstal Act, 1928

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The Madhya Pradesh Borstal Act, 1928, establishes a legal framework for the reformation of adolescent offenders aged between 16 and 21. Instead of sending these young individuals to standard prisons, where they might be influenced by hardened criminals, the Act mandates their detention in specialized "Borstal Institutions." These facilities focus on industrial training, discipline, and moral instruction to rehabilitate offenders. The Act empowers courts and magistrates to order detention in these institutions in lieu of traditional imprisonment. It is a critical piece of social legislation designed to prevent young people from becoming career criminals by offering them a path toward a productive life.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2. Definitions
  4. 3. Establishment of Borstal Institution
  5. 4. Borstal Institution open to inspection by members of Legislative Bodies
  6. 5. Powers of Court to pass a sentence of detention in the case of a convict under twenty-one years of age in lieu of transportation or rigorous imprisonment
  7. 6. Detention in lieu of imprisonment for failing to give security
  8. 7. Special power of District Magistrate
  9. 8. When action may not be taken under section
  10. 9. Application of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, and the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 and provisions for appeal and revision
  11. 10. No person who has been once detained to be detained again
  12. 11. Release on furnishing security
  13. 12. Enquiry to be made regarding the age of the offender before passing an order of detention
  14. 13. Magistrate to give grounds of his opinion before ordering detention
  15. 14. Power to release on licence
  16. 15. A licence granted under this section shall be in force until the term for which the inmate was ordered to be detained has expired unless sooner suspended, revoked or forfeited.
  17. 16. Form of licence
  18. 17. Suspension and revocation of licences
  19. 18. When the licence of any inmate has been suspended or revoked he shall return to the Borstal Institution and if he fails to do so he may be arrested without warrant and taken to the institution.
  20. 19. Incorrigibles
  21. 20. Inmates appointed officers to be public servants
  22. 21. Extra-mural custody, control and employment of inmates
  23. 22. Penalty for introduction or removal of prohibited articles into or from Borstal Institution and communication with inmates
  24. 23. Power to arrest for offences under section
  25. 24. Publication of penalties
  26. 25. Officers in charge of Borstal Institutions to detain persons duly committed to their custody
  27. 26. Officers in charge of Borstal Institutions to return orders, etc. after execution or discharge
  28. 27. Powers for officers in charge of Borstal Institutions to give effect to orders of certain courts
  29. 28. Warrant of officers of such courts to be sufficient authority
  30. 29. Procedure where officer in charge of Borstal Institution doubts the legality of order sent to him for execution
  31. 30. Lunatic inmates how to be dealt with
  32. 31. Application to Borstal Institution of certain provisions of the Prisons Act, 1894 and Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act,
  33. 33. Power to make rules under the Act
  34. 34. Powers of the State Government to vary age limit and to apply the Act to females

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