The Prisons (Assam Amendment) Act, 1956
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**(R ec eive d th e ass ent o f th e Gov erno r on th e 24th Apr il 1956)**

# ASSAM ACT XII OF 1956

THE PRISO NS (ASSAM AM ENDM ENT) AC T, 1956

(Passed by the Assembly)

[Published in the _Assam Gazette, dated the 2nd May 1956]_

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_to amend the Prisons Act, 1894 in its application to Assam._

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W hereas it is expedient to amend the Prisons Act, 1894 (Act IX of

1894), hereinafter referred to as the Principa l Act, in its application to

”• Assam in the m anner hereinafter appearing ;

It is hereby enacted in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

**1. Sh or t ti tl e, ex tent an d co m m en ce m en t.— (1)** This Act may be

called the Prisons (Assam Amendment) Act, 1956.

(2) It extends to the whole of Assam.
(3) It shall come into force at once.

**2. A m en dm en t o f Section 46 o f Act IX o f 1894.— (I) In Section** **46** of

the Principal Act, clause (12) and the words “or to whipping” appearing
in the proviso to the said section shall be omitted and a full stop shall be
substituted for the comma appearing after the word “ fetter” in the said
proviso.

(2) In section 46 of the Principal Act, _add the following clauses after_

clause (11), namely :—

“ (12) forfeiture of class, grade, or prison privileges for a period not

exceeding three m onths ;

(13) permanent or temporary reduction from a higher to a lower class

or grade” .

**3. A m en dm en t** of S ectio n **47 o f Act IX of 1894** —In sub-section (1)

of Section 47 of the Principal Act, clause (4) shall be omitted.

**4. A m en dm en t o f Sec tion 50 o f Ac t IX o f 1 8 9 4 .** In sub-section

- (1) of Section **50** of the Principal Act the words and comma “ or of

whipping,” shall be omitted.

**5. A m en dm en t o f Section 51 o f Act IX o f 1894 — In sub-section (2)**

- of Section 51 of the Principal Act the words “in the cases of offences for
which whipping is awarded” and the commas before these words and
thereafter shall be omitted.

**6. Am en dm en t o f Se ction 53 o f Act IX o f 1894.—** Section 53 of

the Principal Act shall be omitted.

J. C. MEDHI,

Secy, to the Govt, of Assam, Leg. & Judl. Depth


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