Section 58A: Offences to be Cognizable

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

(1)The Offences punishable under section 42 and 58 shall be cognizable.

(2) The punishment awarded under this Act shall operate on completion of the sufferance of the sentences orpunishment awarded in any other cases in which is convicted.]1

1. Inserted by Act 21 of 2022 w.e.f.05.04.2022.

CHAPTER XIII MISCELLANEOUS

Where this provision sits

Act	The Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963
Section	58A
Marginal note	Offences to be Cognizable
Jurisdiction	State of Karnataka
Status	In force as published by the source

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