Amendment of section 59 of Act IX of

In section 59 of the said Act, for clause (5), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :- "(5) for the award of marks, granting remission or furlough, determining the conditions on which such remission or furlough shall be granted and the consequent shortening of the sentence."

3(1). Amendment of section 6 of Act IX of

1. (1) Section 6 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub-section
2. (1) of that section. 3(2)(a). Amendment of section 6 of Act IX of
   • (a) after the words "a Superintendent" the brackets and words "(who may be a Deputy Inspector-General of Prisons)" shall be inserted ; 3(2)(b). Amendment of section 6 of Act IX of
   • (b) the words "a Medical Subordinate" shall be deleted ; 3(2)(c). Amendment of section 6 of Act IX of
   • (c) after the said sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :- "(2) Where one or more Deputy Superintendents are appointed for a prison, they shall, subject to the general or special orders of the Inspector-General, exercise, carry out or discharge all or any of the powers, duties and functions of a Superintendent under this Act, or any law for the time being in force, as the Superintendent may delegate to them."