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Section 1: Title, extent and commencement.

The Prisons Act, 1894Central Act · Act 9 of 1894

(1) This Act may be called the Prisons Act, 1894.

[(2) It extends to the whole of India except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].]"

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1894.

(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to civil jails in the [State] of Bombay [as it existed immediately before the 1st November, 1956] outside the city of Bombay, and those jails shall continue to be administered under the provisions of sections 9 and 16 (both inclusive) of Bombay Act 2 of 1874, as amended by subsequent enactments.

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ActThe Prisons Act, 1894
Section1
Marginal noteTitle, extent and commencement.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. . Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
  • substituted. . Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".
  • substituted. . Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "province" which was subs. by the A O. 1948 for "presidency".
  • inserted. . Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
  • other. . The Civil Jails Act, 1874.

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