CourtMesh

Section 15: Custody of prisoners during night. [Section 9 (2) (¢) () and (g)

Punjab Prisoners (Attendance in Court) Rules, 1969State Rules of Punjab · 1969

Convicted prisoners and undertrial prisoners in the Court of a Magistrate in camp shall be kept 1 at night in the lock-up of a police station if there is any such station within five miles.

When they are kept at night clsewhere other than in a lock-up they shall be fastened to each other by chains which should be procured by the Officer-in-charge of the police escort for the prison, before departure. The officer-in-charge of the police escort for the prisoners shall be responsible subject to the orders of the magistrate for their protection from the weather and for their transport and food.

Where this provision sits

ActPunjab Prisoners (Attendance in Court) Rules, 1969
Section15
Marginal noteCustody of prisoners during night. [Section 9 (2) (¢) () and (g)
JurisdictionState of Punjab
StatusIn force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

  • Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
  • Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
  • Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
  • Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? Punjab Prisoners (Attendance in Court) Rules, 1969 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.