Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Prisons and Civil Jails (Bombay Extension, Unification and Amendment) Act, 1958

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This Act was enacted to create legal uniformity in prison administration across the newly reorganized State of Bombay. Following the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, the state incorporated diverse regions like Hyderabad, Saurashtra, and Vidarbha, each previously governed by different prison laws. This Act repealed those disparate regional laws and extended the central Prisons Act, 1894, and the Civil Jails Act, 1874, to the entire state. It also introduced modern administrative changes, such as defining the parole system, allowing for the appointment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Prisons, and establishing clear criminal penalties for prisoners who violate the conditions of their parole or furlough.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement
  2. 2. Extension of Act IX of 1894 as in force in pre-Reorganisation Bombay area to other areas of the State
  3. 3. Further amendments to Act IX of 1894 as in force throughout the State
  4. 51B. Criminal liability for breach of conditions of suspension of sentence, etc.

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