Punishment for Prison and Correctional Institution offences

Punishment for Prison and Correctional Institution offences.- The Superintendent after conducting an inquiry, as may be prescribed under the rules, may impose any of the following punishment with respect to the prison and correctional institution offences indicated in sub-section

1. (1) or
2. (2) of Section 41, namely:- Minor punishments.- A minor offence indicated in sub-section
3. (1) of Section 41 shall be dealt with any or a combination of the following punishments, namely:-
   • (a) a formal warning, which means a warning personally addressed to a prisoner by the Superintendent and recorded in the punishment book and in the prisoner's history ticket;
   • (b) restricting visits of all the visitors except legal counsel up to a period of one month;
   • (c) forfeiture of wages of not more than 10 days in one calendar month;
   • (d) stoppage of privileges given to the prisoners not exceeding one month at a time, as may be prescribed under the rules. Major punishments.- A major offence indicated in sub-section
4. (2) of Section 41 except for clause
   • (e) of sub-section
5. (2) of Section 41 for which the punishment shall be as per the provisions of Section 46, shall be dealt with any one or a combination of the following punishments, namely:-
   • (a) stoppage of privileges given to the prisoners not exceeding three months at a time, as may be prescribed under the rules;
   • (b) transfer to any other prison and correctional institution and consequent loss of privileges, as may be prescribed under the rules;
   • (c) forfeiture of earned remission up to thirty days;
   • (d) suspension of privileges of parole for a period not exceeding one year starting from the date of the prisoner's next eligibility for release on parole;
   • (e) stoppage or reduction of facilities in respect of recreation, canteen, visitor to prisoner, wages, nature of work for one month to three months at a time;
   • (f) separate confinement for any period not exceeding three months at a time: Provided that no punishment of separate confinement exceeding one month shall be repeated without a gap of fifteen days: