(1) All inmates, prior to their transfer from a prison, shall be examined by the Medical Officer.
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(2) No inmate shall be transferred from a prison unless the Medical officer certifies that the inmate is fit to undertake the journey.
84. While escorting ah inmate from or to a prison, his exposure to public view shall be as little as'possible, and proper safeguards shall be adopted to protect him from insult or injury and undue curiosity or publicity.
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ATTENDANCE IN COURT
85. The Superintendent shall cause every person • - committed to prison by warrant or order or a Court pending the investigation, inquiry or trial of an offence of which he is accused, to be taken to such Court, together with such warrant or order, on the expiration of each period of detention authorized by such warrant or order.
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86. In cases where the attendance of a person detained in a prison is required by a Court of Civil or Criminal Jurisdiction for giving evidence or answering a charge, and a warrant or order requiring his production is issued by such Court under section 3 of the Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955 or under section 267 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the Superintendent of the prison shall act on such warrant or order in accordance Central Act 32 of 1955 Central Act 2 of 1974 with, and subject to, the provisions of the said Act or Chapter XXII of the said Code, as the case may b e : I
Provided that a warrant or order issued by a Court requiring the production of person in such Court in connection with any case shall not by itself, be a sufficient authority for detaining such person in prison in connection with such case, and therefore, no person shall be kept detained in prison in connection with such case on the '■ * strength of such a warrant or order alone unless there exists a separate warrant issued by such Court specifically directing such person to be detained in custody in connection with such case.
CHAPTER-XVIf SOCIAL RELATION AND REHABILITATION Relation 87. (1) An inmate shall be encouraged and assisted to assistance m a in t a in improve such relations with his family as are to family desirable in the best interests of his family.,and himself, ?
s and to establish and maintain such relations with persons and agencies outside the prison as may promote the best interests of his family. >
(2) Due provisions shali .be made for giving, so far as is necessary and possible,'’material assistance for the subsistence of indigent dependents of an inmate under a sentence of imprisonment for life during his ’detention in prison.
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Aftercare and rehabilita tion
89. Due provisions shall be made for providing an inmate under a sentence of imprisonment imposed bn conviction for an offence, with -
(a) a certificate about his conduct in prison and the vocational proficiency acquired by him in prison, at the time of his release on the expiration of his sentence or on parole;
(b) so far as is necessary and possible, material and other assistance for his economic rehabilitation after his release from prison on the \ expiration of his sentence or on parole.
Removal of 90. (1) Save as provided in sub-section (2), no person o released from prison on the expiration of a sentence of employm- imprisonment or on parole shall be disqualified or ent discriminated against on grounds of his having been detained in prison, in the matter of employment under the State Government or any undertaking owned or controlled, wholly or partly, by the State Government or any private employer.
(2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that persons havihg been detained in prison on conviction for such offence or class of offences shall be deemed to be ineligible for such kind or kinds of employment under the State Government or any undertaking owned or controlled, wholly or partly, by the State’Government, as may be specified in such notification:
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Provided that the State Government may, on merit of individual cases, by order, exempt such a person from the operation of such notification.
Power to make rules
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