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Section 76

The Assam Prisons Act, 2013State Act of Assam · Act 15 of 2013

(1)The prisons are protected places and in the interest of safety and security of the prisons and persons detained therein, no person shall, without the permission of the State Government or any officer authorized by the State Government in this behalf, take any photograph or videograph of the interior of a prison.

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(2) Whoever, contrary to the provisions of sub­ section (1), takes in an unauthorized or surreptitious manner any photograph or videograph of the interior of a prison, including any aerial photograph or videograph , taken from a high-rise facility, and whoever contrary to the aforesaid provisions, publishes or telecasts or otherwise displays such photograph or Videograph of the interior of a prison taken in an unauthorized ot surreptitious manner, and whoever aids or abets any offence made punishable by this section, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both.

1408 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 30,2013 Power to arrest for offences under sections 75 and 76 Publication o f penalties Transfer from one prison to another in the State

77. When any person, in the presence of any officer of a prison, commits any offence specified in section 75 or section 76, and refuses on demand of such officer to state his name and address, or gives a name or address which such officer knows, or has reason to believe, to be false, such officer may arrest him, and shall without unnecessary delay make him Over to a police officer, and thereupon such police officer shall proceed as if the offence had been committed in his presence.

78. The Superintendent shall cause to be affixed in a conspicuous place outside the prison, a notice in English and the vernacular setting forth the acts prohibited under sections 75 and 76 and the penalties incurred by their commission.

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ActThe Assam Prisons Act, 2013
Section76
JurisdictionState of Assam
StatusIn force as published by the source

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