(1) All offences under sections 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48 shall be cognizable and non-bailable.
(2) The prisoner shall undergo the sentence awarded under sections 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48 after the completion of the sentence he is already undergoing.
(3) The offences referred to in sections 43, 44, 45, 46 and 47 insofar as they are not defined in this Act, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Bharatiya Nayaya Sanhita, 2023.
50. If any person in the prison premises is guilty of a serious prison offence, which by reason of his having committed more than three times and such offence or otherwise, in the opinion of the officer-in-charge, is not adequately Punishment for introducing, removing of spirituous liquor, tobacco or any other intoxicant or poisonous substance.
Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable.
Procedure on repeated committal of a prison offence.
PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ.(EXTRA), MAY 21, 2026 (VYSK 31, 1948 SAKA) 612 punishable by the infliction of any punishment which he has the power to inflict under this Act, the officer-in-charge shall forward the case of such prisoner to the competent Magistrate having jurisdiction, together with a statement of the circumstances, and such Magistrate shall thereupon try the charge so brought against the prisoner, and upon conviction, may sentence him to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years. Such term shall be in addition to any other term which such prisoner may be already undergoing.
51. The officer-in-charge shall cause to be affixed, at a conspicuous place inside the prison, a notice in English and in the vernacular language, setting forth the acts prohibited under this Act and the penalties incurred by their commission, for the information of the prisoners and prison officer and prison staff.
CHAPTER-XIII HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
52. All prisoners shall have access to adequate, gender-responsive health care facilities, as may be prescribed.