Preamble

PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ.(EXTRA), MAY 21, 2026 (VYSK 31, 1948 SAKA) EXTRAORDINARY Published by Authority CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026 (VAISAKHA 31, 1948 SAKA) LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT ContentsPages Part - IActs The Punjab Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2026 (Punjab Act No. 9 of 2026) Part - IIOrdinances Nil Part - IIIDelegated Legislation Nil

Part - IVCorrection Slips, Republications and

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PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ.(EXTRA), MAY 21, 2026 (VYSK 31, 1948 SAKA) PART-I GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB NOTIFICATION The 21st May, 2026 No.10-Leg./2026.- The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 15th day of May, 2026, is hereby published for general information :- THE PUNJAB PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT, 2026 (Punjab Act No.9 of 2026) AN ACT to provide for the detention of prisoners committed to prison custody, and for their reformation and rehabilitation, with a view to ensure safe detention and maintain minimum standards of treatment of prisoners consistent with the principles of individual dignity, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy- seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER-I PRELIMINARY

1.(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Prisons and Correctional

Services Act, 2026.

1. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Punjab.
2. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. Short title, extent and commencement. PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ.(EXTRA), MAY 21, 2026 (VYSK 31, 1948 SAKA)