The Prisons (Assam Amendment) Act, 1967
# The 14th February 1968

Mo.LJJL.34/67/9.—The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly

which received the assent of the President is hereby published for general

information.

AS SA M AC T I OF 1968

(R eceiv ed th e asse n t o f th e P resid en t on th e 10 th F eb ru ary 1S68)

TH E PRISONS (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1967

[Published in the Assam _Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 16th February_

1968].

An

Ac t

to a m end t he P ri sons Ac t, 1894

Preamble- Whereas it is expedient to amend tire Prisons Act, Act 9 of

1894, hereinafter called the principal Act, in the *394.
manner hereinafter appearing ;

It is hereby enacted in the Eighteenth Year of the

Repub lic of India as follows:—

Short title, 1. (1) This Act may be called the Prisons (Assam

extent and Amendment) Act, 1967.

commence­
ment.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State o f Assam.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Amendm ent 2. In section 59 of the principal Act, for sub-

of section 59 section (5), the following shall be substituted, n am ely:—
of Act 9 of '

1894.
<e (5) for the award of marks, the suspension or

remission and consequent shortening of
sentences, and the grant of leave or

emergency release and determining the
conditions on which and the authority by
which the sentences may be suspended or
remitted and the prisoner may be granted
leave or emergency release;”

B. SARM A,

# Secretary to the Government of Assam,
 Law Department.


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