In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(1) “adolescent offender” means any person who has been convicted of any offence punishable with imprisonment or who having been ordered to give security under section 118 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Central Act 5 of 1898), has failed to do so and who at the time of such conviction or failure to give security is not less than 16 nor more than 21 years of age;
(2) “borstal school” means a corrective institution wherein adolescent offenders, while detained in pursuance of this Act, are given such industrial or agricultural training and other instruction and are subjected to such disciplinary and moral influences as will conduce to their reformation and the prevention of crime;
(3) “Inspector-General” means the Inspector-General of Prisons and includes any officer appointed by the Government to exercise or perform all or any of the powers or duties of the Inspector-General under this Act;
*Received the assent of the President on the 27th day of September, 1961 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.112 dated 3rd October, 1961.
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(4) “probation officer” means an officer appointed to be a probation officer or recognised as such under section 13 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (Central Act 20 of 1958);
(5) “State” means the State of Kerala.