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Section 46: Punishment of offences under section 45

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

The Superintendent may examine any person touching any offence declared to be a prison offence under section 45, and determine thereupon and punish such offence by,—

(1) a formal warning;

Explanation.—A formal warning shall mean a warning personally addressed to a prisoner by the Superintendent and recorded in the punishment book and on the prisoner’s history-ticket.

(2) change of labour to some more irksome or severe form for such period as may be prescribed;

(3) hard labour for a period not exceeding seven days in case of convicted criminal prisoners not sentenced to rigorous imprisonment;

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(4) such loss of privileges admissible under the remission or furlough system for the time being in force as may be prescribed;

(5) separate confinement for any period not exceeding two months:

Provided that while executing punishment of separate confinement, no prisoner shall be kept in separate confinement continuously for more than a fortnight at one time and the interval between one period of confinement and the next will be at least a week.

Explanation.—“Separate confinement” means such confinement with or without labour as entirely secludes a prisoner from communication with, but not from sight of, other prisoners.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963
Section46
Marginal notePunishment of offences under section 45
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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