Extension of Act IX of 1894 as in force in pre-Reorganisation Bombay area to other areas of the State

For the purposes of extending the Prisons Act, 1894, to the rest of the State of Bombay, and bringing it into force therein, and for providing uniformity in the provisions of that Act in its application to the whole of the State, on the commencement of this Act, the Prisons Act, 1894, as in force immediately before such commencement in the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay (excluding the transferred territories), shall be extended and be so in force, throughout the State ; in consequence whereof, on such commencement,— (1)

1. (a) the Hyderabad Prisons Act, 1954, in its application to the Hyderabad area of the State of Bombay,
2. (b) the Prisons Act, 1894, as adapted and applied by the State of Saurashtra (Application of Central and Bombay Acts) Ordinance, 1948, to the Saurashtra area of the State of Bombay,
3. (c) Part VI A inserted in the Prisoners Act, 1900, by the Central Provinces and Berar Prisoners (Amendment) Act, 1939, and the Central Provinces and Berar Prisons (Amendment) Repealing Act, 1940, both in their application to the Vidarbha region of the State, shall stand repealed;

1. (2) in the Prisons Act, 1894, as extended and brought into force by the foregoing provision (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in its application to the State of Bombay,—
   • (a) in the preamble thereto, after the words and letter "comprised in Part B States" the words and figures "other than any such territories forming part of the State of Bombay by section 8 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956" shall be inserted;
   • (b) in section 1—
     • (i) in sub-section (2), after the words and letter "comprised in Part B States" the words and figures "other than any such territories forming part of the State of Bombay by section 8 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956" shall be inserted;
     • (ii) sub-section
2. (3) shall be deleted;
   • (iii) in sub-section
3. (4) for the words and figures "as it existed immediately before the 1st November, 1956 outside the City of Bombay, and those jails shall continue to be administered" the words "outside Greater Bombay, and those jails shall be administered" shall be substituted;
   • (iv) in the marginal note for the word "commencement" the word "application" shall be substituted;
   • (c) in section 3, after clause
4. (4) the following clause shall be inserted, namely— "(4A) references to "District Magistrate" shall be construed, in relation to the Hyderabad area of the State of Bombay, as references to the Collector and Additional District Magistrate ;"