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Section 29: Solitary confinement.

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

No cell shall be used for solitary confinement unless it is furnished with the means of enabling the prisoner to communicate at any time with an officer of the prison, and every prisoner so confined in a cell for more than twenty-four hours, whether as a punishment or otherwise, shall be visited at least once a day by the Medical Officer or Medical Subordinate.

STATE AMENDMENT

Maharashtra.--

Amendment of section 29 of Act IX of 1894.--In section 29 of the principal Act, for the words "or Medical Subordinate" the words "or any Officer authorised by the Medical Officer in this behalf" shall be substituted.

[Vide Bombay Act XLV of 1894, s. 7]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Prisons Act, 1894
Section29
Marginal noteSolitary confinement.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it2

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