(1) This Act may be called 2[the Telangana Probation of Offenders Act, 1936.]
(2) It extends to the whole of the 3[State of Telangana.]
(3) (a) This section shall come into force at once.
(b) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that all or any of the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force in any local area on such date as may be specified in such notification.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,–
(a) the ―Code‖ means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898; and
(b) expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Code have the meanings assigned to them in the Code.
1. The Andhra Pradesh Probation of Offenders Act, 1936 in force in the combined State, as on 02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016, issued in G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated
01.06.2016.
2. Substituted for the original short title by the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh Laws (Amendment of Short Titles) Act, 1961 (Andhra Pradesh Act IX of 1961) and substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
3. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
Short title, extent and commencement.
Interpretation.
2 [Act No.III of 1937]
3. In any case in which a person is found guilty of the offence of theft, dishonest misappropriation, or cheating punishable under the Indian Penal Code or of any offence punishable with not more than two years’ imprisonment and no previous conviction is proved against him, the court by which he is found guilty may, if it thinks fit, having regard to the age, character, antecedents or physical or mental condition of the offender and to the trivial nature of the offence or any extenuating circumstances under which the offence was committed, instead of sentencing him to any punishment, release him after due admonition.