Section 33: Supply of clothing and bedding to civil and unconvicted criminal prisoners.

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

(1) Every civil prisoner and unconvicted prisoner unable to provide himself with sufficient clothing and bedding shall be supplied by the Superintendent with such clothing and bedding as may be necessary.

(2) When any civil prisoner has been committed to prison in execution of a decree in favour of a private person, such person, or his representative, shall, within forty-eight hours after the receipt by him of a demand in writing, pay to the Superintendent the cost of the clothing and bedding so supplied to the prisoner ; and in default of such payment the prisoner may be released.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Prisons Act, 1894
Section	33
Marginal note	Supply of clothing and bedding to civil and unconvicted criminal prisoners.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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