Further amendments to Act IX of 1894 as in force throughout the State

In the principal Act, in its application to the State of Bombay,—

1. (a) in section 3 after clause (5A) the following clause shall be inserted, namely— "(5B) 'parole system' means the system of releasing prisoners in jail on parole, by suspension of their sentences in accordance with the rules for the time being in force,";
2. (b) section 5 shall be renumbered as sub-section

1. (1) thereof and after the sub-section so renumbered the following shall be added namely,— "(2) The State Government may also appoint one or more Deputy Inspectors-General of Prisons for the whole of such territories or any part thereof, and they shall exercise, carry out or discharge all or any of the powers, duties and functions of the Inspector-General under this Act, or under any law for the time being in force, as the Inspector-General may delegate to them, with the prior approval of the State Government.";
   • (c) in sections 44 and 61 for the word "Vernacular" the words "regional language" shall be substituted;
   • (d) in section 46—
     • (i) in clause
2. (4) for the word "system" the words "or parole system" shall be substituted;
   • (ii) for clause
3. (5) the following shall be substituted, namely— "(5) exclusion from the privilege of earning wages for a specified period; (5A) temporary or permanent reduction from a higher to lower grade or class, or forfeiture of the grade or class, or of all or specified prison privileges;";
   • (iii) clauses
4. (9) and
5. (11) shall be deleted;
   • (e) in section 47, in sub-section (1), exception
6. (2) shall be deleted,
   • (f) in section 48A—
     • (i) after the word "furlough" where it occurs for the first time the words "or release on parole" shall be inserted;
     • (ii) after the word "furlough" where it occurs for the second time the words "or parole" shall be inserted;
   • (g) in section 50, in sub-section
7. (1) the words "of penal diet, either singly or in combination, or" shall be deleted;
   • (h) after section 51 the following sections shall be inserted— Power to arrest without warrant, person committing breach of conditions of suspension of sentence, etc. "51A. If any condition on or subject to which a sentence has been suspended or remitted or release on parole or furlough is granted is, in the opinion of the authority exercising such power, not fulfilled, such authority may cancel its order granting such suspension, remission or release on parole or furlough, and thereupon the person in whose favour such order was made may, if at large, be arrested by any Police-officer without warrant, and remanded to undergo the unexpired portion of his sentence.