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Section 12: Transfer of incorrigibles, etc., to prisons

The Kerala Borstal Schools Act, 1961State Act of Kerala · Act 31 of 1961

Where a person detained in a borstal school is reported to the Government by the Superintendent of such school to be incorrigible or to be exercising a bad influence on the other inmates of the school, the Government may commute the unexpired portion of the term of detention to such term of imprisonment of either description as the Government may determine, but in no case exceeding—

(a) such unexpired portion, or

(b) the maximum period of imprisonment fixed for the offence or the failure to give security, as the case may be, or

(c) the maximum period of imprisonment which the court that tried him had authority to award under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Central Act 5 of 1898), whichever is shortest.

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Where this provision sits

ActThe Kerala Borstal Schools Act, 1961
Section12
Marginal noteTransfer of incorrigibles, etc., to prisons
JurisdictionState of Kerala
StatusIn force as published by the source

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