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Section 32: Supply of clothing and bedding to civil and unconvicted criminal prisoners

The Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963State Act of Karnataka · Act 33 of 1963

(1) Every civil prisoner and unconvicted criminal prisoner unable to provide himself with sufficient clothing and bedding, shall be supplied by the Superintendent with such clothing and bedding as may be necessary.

(2) When a civil prisoner has been committed to prison by a Court in execution of any decree or order in favour of a private person, such person shall immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in Court, to meet the cost of the prisoner’s clothing and bedding, such amount as may be fixed by the Court in accordance with the rules, if any, made by the State Government in that behalf; and in default of such deposit, the prisoner may be released.

CHAPTER VII EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS

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ActThe Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963
Section32
Marginal noteSupply of clothing and bedding to civil and unconvicted criminal prisoners
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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