Section 2: Definitions

Rajasthan Prisoners Act, 1960State Act of Rajasthan · Act 39 of 1960

(1) In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires,-

(a) Court includes any officer or person lawfully exercising civil, criminal, revenue or other jurisdiction, and

(b) Prison includes any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail.

(2) In this Act, all references to prisons and to imprisonment or confinement therein shall be construed as referring also to reformatory schools, if any, and to detention therein.

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Act	Rajasthan Prisoners Act, 1960
Section	2
Marginal note	Definitions
Jurisdiction	State of Rajasthan
Status	In force as published by the source

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