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Section 1: Title, extent and commencement

The Prison Act, 1894Union territory Act of Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Act 9 of 1894

(1) This Act may be called the Prisons Act, 1894.

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the territories which immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1894.

(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to civil jails in the State of Bombay as it existed immediately before the 1st November, 1956 outside the city of Bombay, and those jails shall continue to be administered under the provisions of sections 9 and 16 (both inclusive) of Bombay Act II of 1874 as amended by subsequent enactments.

COMMENT Commencement of sentence.- The accused commences undergoing the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the judgment as soon as the accuses is detained in Court custody by reason thereof. [Bhajan Naik v. Somanth Mohanty, 1969 Cri Lj 1414 at 1417 (Orissa) : AIR 1969 Ori 268]

2. Repealed. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1938 (Act No 1 of 1938), Section 2 and the Schedule 3].

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ActThe Prison Act, 1894
Section1
Marginal noteTitle, extent and commencement
JurisdictionUnion territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
StatusIn force as published by the source

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