The ASSAM BORSTAL INSTITUTION ACT, 1968
# The Assan1 Gazette

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 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No.10 Shillong, M onday, February 10, 1969, 21st Magha, 1890

(S. E.)

GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR

LAW DEPARTME ~T

N OTIFI CATION

T he 8th February 1969

No.LJL .19/67/8.-The following Act of the A ~ s am Le[tislative Assembly
which received the assent of the President is hereby p u b li ~ hed for general
information.

ASSAM ACT I O F 1969

(Recei ved the a s s ent of the Presid ent on th e 24th January, 1969)

###### THE ASSAM BORSTAL I NST ITUTION ACT, 1968

(Published in the Assam _Gaz_ _ette Extraordinary, dated 10th February 1969]_

An
Act

to provide for the establishment and regufation of Bor•ta)

###### Institutions in the State of Assam and for the detentiou
 and tra ining of a dolescent offenders therein and
 matters connected therewith

Preamble Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establish-

ment and regulation of Borstal Institutions in the State

of A~sam and for the detention and training of

adolescent offenders therein and matters connected
;£.herewith.

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It is hereby enacted in the Nineteenth Year of ihe

Republic of India as follows:-

Short title;

l. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Borstal

extent and
commence- Institution Act, 1968.

ment.

(2) It extends to the whok of the State of

Assam.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the

State Government may, by notification in

the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

Definitioas 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in

the subject or context,-

(a) " adolescent offender" means any person not

less than fourteen and not more than

twenty-one years of age who has been
convicted of any offence punishable with
imprisonment but not punishable with
death or who having been ordered to give

security under section !06 or section 112
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has failed to do so or who, when the bond
has been cancelled under section 126A of
that Code, has failed to give fresh security ;

(b) "Borstal Institution" means a place in

which adolescent offenders may be detained
under this Act and given such industrial,
vocational, g<""neral educational and cultural
training and other instructions and subjected
to such disciplinary and moral influences
as will be conducive to their reformation ;

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(c) ''detained" with its grammatical variations

and cognate expressions means detained in
a Borstal Institution ;

(d) ''Director" means a Director of Borstal

Institutions appoint«d under sub-section (1)
of section 4 ;

(c) " inmate" means any person ordered to be

detained under this Act ;

(f ) "officer" means an officer of a Borstal

Insti t ution appointed in su::h manner as

may be prescribed and includes
the Director and the Superintendent

of Borstal Instit tions appointed under

section 4 ;

(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rule

m ade under this Act ;


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_(h)_ ''Superintendent" means a Superintendent

of a Borstal Institution appointed under
sub-section (2) of section 4 ;

                    - i) "visiting committee" means a visiting com·

mittee -appointed under s.ub-section (3) of

section 4,

Establish. 3. For the purposes of this Act, i:he State Govern-

ment ot ment may establish one or more Borstal Institutions.
Borstal

      - I nstitutioru.

Ap Point· 4. (l) The State Govermx.ent shall appoint a Direc-

ment of tor of Borstal Institutions who shall exercise, subject to
Director of the directions issued by the State Governmt!nt, general

Bo~sta~ Ins- control and superintendence over all Borstal Institu..,
titut1ons, . ,

Officers and tIOns.

visiting
conunittee.

(2) For ·every Borstal Institution the State Govern-

ment ~hall appoint a Superintendent, and such other
officers as it. may consider necessary in such manner as
may be prescribed.

(3) For every Borstal Institution a VlSltlng commit-

tee shall be appointed in such manner as may be
prescribed.

Power of 5. (l) When an adoI.escent offender is convicted

court to for failing to obey an order made by the High Court,

make ord~r a court of Session or a court of Magistrate of the first

for detent1onclass to give security under section 106 or section 118 or

section 126A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, Act V of

or when such offender is convicted by such court 1898.
for any offence not punishable with death or imprison-
m ent for life and when the court convicting such
offender has not passed any order under any of the .

provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, may Act xx of
in lieu of passing a sentence of imprisonment make an 1958."

order for the detention of the adolescent offender' in
Borstal Institution for a term which shall not be less
than two years aIJ.d. more than five years, when the
order is made by such Court other than a Magistrate,

and shall not be less than two years and more than
three years when the order is made by such Magistrate.

(2) When any Magistrate not empowered . to make

an order under sub-section (l) is'of opinion that in

respect of any adolescent offender convicted by hi m
an order should be made under the said sub-section
he shall, without passing any sentence, record such
opinion and submit thl" records of the case and for·

ward the adolescent offender to the Sessions Judge and
thereupon the Sessions Judge may either pass an order
under sub-section ( 1) or pass such other order or sen·

~ence as the Magistrate might himself have passed,
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(3) Before making an order of detention under sub-

section (1) or sub-section (2), the High Court, the _4_
Sessions Judge or the Magistrate, as the case may be,
shall, after considering any report submitted by the

Probation Officer under the Probation of Offenders'
Act, 1958 and any other report or representation which
may be made to it or him as to the desirability of the
detention, satisfy itself or himself that the character,
state of health and mental cond ition of the person
convicted and the other circumstances of the case are
such that the person convicted is likely to profit by
such detention.

(4) When an order for detention is made under this

Act, the ground for such detentions shall be recorded
and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the person
ordered to be detained, free of cost.

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Superin· Power of rintendent 6. Whenever of a prison it appears that or is any represented to adolescent othe ffeSupe-nder t '

tendcnt of confined in the prison sho uld, for the reasons mentioned

Prison to in sub-section (3) of section 5, be detained, he 5hall
Present
adolescent send a report to ' his effect to, and c:ause the adolescent
offender offender to be produced before the Sessions Judge of
before the sessions division.in which the prison is situated and

:Sessions

###### if the Sessions Judge after making~such inquiry as may

Judge for
detention. bf" prescribed and such fu rther inquiry as he may con-

sider necessary, is satisfied that the adolescent offender
should, for the reasons mentioned in the said sub-sec-
tion be detained, he may order the adolescent offender
to be removed ·fro m the prison and detained ior a
period equal to the unexpired term of the imprison.
ment to which he w as sentenced or equal to the un-
expired portion of the period fo r which he was re-
quired to give security, as the case may be:

Provided that in no case shall he be detained for

more than five years.

When ac• 7. No order shall be ma.de u nder the provision of

tfon not be m•Y takeu section 6-

uoder sc:r-

tionii

{i) until the~time allowed by law for appeal

against the sentence or order under

which the prisoner is committed to or
confined in prison, has expired or, if an
appeal has been preferred or a revision is
pending until such appeal or revision has

been disp ed of; 011

###### \ii) if an application made on appeal or other-

wise to have the sentence altered into an

order of detention, has been rejected by

f'D Appellate Court or the High Court; or


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(iii) in the case of any person who has been

sent to a Reformatory School in accor-
dance with the provisions ol the Refor-
matory Schools Act, 1897 ; or VII oi 189/.

(iv) if the unexpired term of the imprisonment

to which the prisoner was sentencec!, or
if the period for which security was re-
q.uired from him is less than two
years; or

(v) unless the provisions of sub-section (3) of
section 5 have been complied with.

A Ii . 8.(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the

oFt1ec~~od~ provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 v of 1898

of Criminal relating to appeal, reference and revision and

Procedure, Article 115 of the Indian Limitation A<:t, 1963, Act 36 of

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1~98i dnd shall apply in the case of an order of detention as HJ63.

~-~rd:/~: 1 if the order had been a sentence of imprisonment for

A~t, 1~63 the same period as the period for which detention

and was ordered.
provisions
©f appeal
ancl revi- l2J J&Notwithst?.nding] :::.nything contained in sec-

sion. tion 423 of the Code of Criminai Procedure, 1898, v of 1893•

jri case of an adolescent offender, an Appellate

Court or the High Court in exercise of its powers of
revision, may, in pursuance ol sub-section ( J) anu the
provisions ot that Code, and after making such inquiry
as it may deem fit, alter sentence of imprisonment or
an. order of commitment to prison under section 123 of
that Code to an order of detention if, for reasons

:mentioned in sub-section (3) of section 5, it considers
such alteration expedient and may after an order of
detention to a sentence of imprisonment or commit.

ment to prison 1Jnder the said section 123, as the case
may be:
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Provided that :-

###### (i) the sentence of imprisonment, order of corn~

mitment or detention shall not be in excess of
the powers of the Trial Court or Magistrate;
and

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{ii) bef'ore making such order the Court shall
give the said person or his parent or guardian
a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

(3) Any person who has been ordered to be
detained in a Borstal Institution for a period to expire
after the term of the imprisonment to which he was


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sen tenceci would expire had the order not been passed,
may appeal to the CQurt of Session, and such Court
may either confirm the order or set it aside and restore
the sen tence of imprisonment or if the order is for more
than ,wo years, reduce it t,, a term not shorter than
two year& nor shorter than the residue of imprisonment
to which he was sentenced.

( 4) Any person ordered by a Court of Session

under the provision of sub-section ( 3) to be detained

for a period to expire aft r the term of imprison-
m ent to which he was sentenced would expire had

such order not been p.i.sse<l. may appeal within
sixty days of the order to the High Court and the

Hi!!h Cour t may p ass any such order as the Court of

Sessions might have passed.

Rel~as_e on 9. Any person detained for failure to furnish

:~~~~~~~g security shall be released on furnishing the security.

Inquiry to 10. (1) Before passing an order of detention

be made under tois Act the High Court, Sessions Judge or
regarding Magistrate, as the case may be, shall inquire, or
age bef?re cause an inquirv to be m,1de into the question
thfe passdmg of the age of the person convicted or failin !!

o an or er b d       -       - d ~
of detention.to 0 ey an or er to give security un er

section l 06 or under section 118 or section l 26A

of the Code of Criminal Proced•1re, 1898, and after V of 1898.
taking such evidence, ii' any, in regard thereto
as may be deemed necessary or proper, shall record
a finding thereon.

(2) A similar inquiry shall be made and
finding recorded by every M agistrate not empowered
to pass an order of detention under this Act before
submitting the record and forwarding the accused
to the Scssfons Judge as required by sub-section (2)
of section 5.

Additional 11 . The Sessions Judge may transfer any matter or
Sess ion s proceeding pending before him under this Act to an

-/iudge P to Additional Sessions Judge for disposal and on such

ofves~~~~ transfer being made the <\dditional Sessions Judge shall
Judge. exercise in regard thereto the same powers as are
vested in the Court of Sessions or the Sessions J udge
by or under this Act.

Deten tio~ 12. "The detention of a person for the first time under

ft~r the ttirsc the provisions of this Act shall not be reg arded as a
be ime regardno ed to conv1c~1on . . 1or t r h ~ I?urpose o f any a· ISquah 'fi 1Cat1on .

as disquaJifi. attaching to a conviction for any offence.
cation.


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Power to re- 13. (1) Subject to any general or specific direction
lease on of the State Government, the Director of Borstal
licence.

Institutions may, on the recommendation of the
visiting committee, at any time after the expiration of

              - ix months, or in the case of women, three months

from the commencement of the term of detention, if

he is satisSed that the inmate is likely to abstain from
crime and to lead a useful and industrious life, by
licence permit him to be discharged from the Borstal
Institution on condition that he be placed under the
supervision or aulhority of such Government Officer,
such secular ins titution or such person or religious
society belonging to the same religion as that of the
inmate named in the licence who may be willing to
take charge or him.

(2) The Director of Borstal Institutions may,

subject to such conditions as the State Government
may prescribe, discharge any inmate who had been

_, previously granted a licence but whose licence was

subsequently revoked under section 16 and grant him
a fresh written licence and in such case foe provisions
of this Act shall apply as if such fresh licence had been
granted under sub-section ( i ).

(3) A licence under this section shall be in force

until the expiry of the t~rm for which the offender was

ordered to be detained in a Borstal Institution, unless

sooner revoked.

( 4) The period during which an offender is

absent from a Borstal Institution during the con-

tinuance of a licence granted to him under this section
shall, for the purposes of computing h is term of

rletention in such Insti&ution, be deemed to be part
of that detention.

Absence un· 14. The time during which an inmate is absent

der licence from a Borstal Institution in accordance with licence
tod be cound t· g ranted under section 13 shall be reckoned as part of

e towar s h . d f d .
J?Criod of t e per10 o etent10n.

detention.

Form o f 15. Every licence granted under the prov!Slons of
licence. section 13 shall be in such Form and shall contain
such conditions as the State Government may, by

general or special 01der, direct.

Suspension 16. (1) Subject to any general or special directions

and revo- ofthe State Government, a licence granted under

c:;ation of section 13 may be suspended for a period not exceed-
hcence. ing three months by the Superintendent or the

Director or be revoked by the Director in consul ta•
tion with the visiting committee. For the purposes


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mittee may make such enquiry as he or it deems
necessary, either through a Probation Officer or
otherwise.

(2) If an offender removes himself from the super-

vision of the institution, society or person under
which he was by licence permitted to live, his licence
shall be deemed to have been revoked from the date
on which he has so removed himself.

(3) When any licence is suspended or revoked or
deemed to be revoked, the offender shall forthwith
return to the Borstal Institution, and, if he fails to do
so, he may be arrested without warrant by any Police
Officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector and
committed to the Institution.

(4) On the suspension or revocation of a licence,
the periorJ beginning from the date on which the
licence is suspended or revoked or deemed to be

revoked till the date on which the offender returns to
the Institution ~r is arrested, whichever is earlier, shall
be excluded in computing the period for which he hal
been ordered to be detained in a Borstal Institution.

Penalty for 17. If any inmate escapes from a Borstal Institu-

escape. tion before the exph·y of the period for which he was

ordered to be detained or if any inmate absense on
licence from a Borstal Institution escapes from the
supervision or authority of any Government Officer
or secular institution or person or religious society in
whose charge he was placed, or fails on the suspension
or revocation of his licence to return to the Borstal

Institution he may, on convicJion by a Magistrate,
be punished with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend l:o two years or with
fine or with both, and his licence, if any, shall
be forfeited with effect from the date of his escape
or failure to return, as the case may be. An offence
under this section shall be deemed to be a cognizable
offence within the meaning of sections 4 (i) (f) of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, l 89B. V ofl898.

Incorrigi- 18. Where an inmate is reported to the State

bles. Government by visiting committee to be incorrigible
or to be exercising any unwholesome influence on the
other inmates of the institution or is convicted

under section 17 or is reported by the Superinten-
dent to have committed an offence which

has been pre~cribed to be a major Borstal

Imtitution offence by rules in · pursuance
of the provisions of clause (xv) of section

31 of this Act, the State Government may


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such term of imprisonment of either description not
exceeding such residue as the State Government may
direct and may order the transfer of th.e inmate to
any jail in Assam in order to complete the said
term · of imprisonment . .

Perwns ap· 19. Persons appointed to be officers under this Act XLV cf
P [0 ]int e d shall be deeme-<l to be public servants within the 1860.

~~cer;ubl~~ meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code,
servants. 1860.

            - Spec i a I 20. If accommodation in a Borstal Institution is

a_ccornmoda· not immediately available for a person ordered to be
t10n. detained, he may be detained in such special ward
or other suitable part of a prison as the State

Government may by special order direct

until he can be sent to a Borstal Institution and the
period of detention so undergone shall be treated as
detention in a Borstal Institution.

Extramura! 21. An inmate when being taken t-o . or from any

cu st o d Y~ Borstal Institution in which he may be lawfully
contf[01 ] and detained or when working outside or being other~

~}11k~a~:~t wise beyond the limits thereof in or under the lawft:I

custody or control of an officer of such Borstal Instr·
tution shall be deemed to be under detention and
shall be subject to same incidents as if he were

actually in. a Borstal Institution.

Penalty for 22. Whoever, contl'ary to any rule made under

introduction section 31, introduces or removes, or attempts by

ofr rehrr;bo_vadl any means whatever to introduce or remove, into

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articles. or ram any orsta 1 [I ]nstitution or supp 1 1es or attempts
to supply to any inmate outside the limits of such
Institution any prohibited articles, and every Officer
of a Borstal Institution who, contrary to such rule,
knowingly permits any such articles to be introduced
into or removed from any Borstal Institution to be
possessed by any inmate, or to be supplied to any
inmate outside the limits of a Borstal Institution,
and whoever, contrary to any such rule, communi-
cates or attempts to communicate with any inmate,
and whoever abets the commission of any of the
aforesaid Act, shall, en conviction before a Magis-
trate, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceed-
ing six months or to a fine not exceeding two

hundred rupees or to both.


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Power to 23. When any person in the presence of any

0
~:~~e: ~0_o~~er Con'.tmits any offence ~:i;i ecifa<l. in the last pre-
der sectioncecimg section and refuses on aemanu of such officer to
22. give his name and addreqs or gives a name or aadress
which such officer knows, or h~s reason to believe, to be
false, such officer may arrest him or cause him to be
arrested, and shali without unnecessary delay make
him over t,o police officer, and 1hereupon such police
officer shali proceed as if the offence had been com-
mitted in his presence.

Publication 24. The SuperinLendent shall cause to be affixed1
of penahies. in a compicuous place outside the Borstal Institution a
notice set.ting forth the acts prohibited under section

22 and the penalties which may be incurred by their
commission.               -

###### s e 1 "nt n- 25. The Superintendent shall receive and detain

d~n~ eto all persons duly committed to his custody under this

detain per- Act according to the directions contained in tl1e order
sons ?uly by which such person has been commiLted until such

t~~~eir1~~~ person is dbch::irged or removed in accordan ce with
tody, law.

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**Explanation. -Fcir the** purpos • of this section
and sections 26, 27 and 29 the expression "Superinten-
dent" shall include any person who is for the time being

in charge of the Bm;stal Institution.

Superinten- 26. The Superintendent shall forthwith, after the
dent to returnexecution of every such order as aforesaid or after
orders, etc., th d' h f h . d h b
after execu- e isc arge o t e person comm1tte t ere y.

tion or dis- return such order to the Magistrate or the Sessions
charge. Judge or Court by which the same was issued or
made, together with a certificate endorsed thereon
and signed by him showing how the same has been
executed or why the person committed thereby has
been discharged from detention before the execution
thereof.

Power of 27. The Superintendent shall give effect to any

Supermt~n- order for the detention of any person passed or
&~wg~. .
effect to or-lSsued by any Court or Tribunal in any part of

             - er of cer· India.

tain Courts.

Warrant of 28. An Order under the official signature of an

officers of officer of such Court or Tribunal as is referred to
certain              - n section 27 shall be suffident authority for detain-

<!offiur!s tot being any person, in persuance of the order passed
Ju cien              -
authority. upon him.


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       - hProced 29. (1) Where the Suoerintendent entertain! . anv
erintend w ere 5e up-[ure ]nt d ou bt a b ~ut t e egahty h I ' · of <in order sent). to him ·
entertains for execution or the competency of the person whose
doubt ab~ut official seal or. signature is affixed thereto to pass
thfe dlegahty the order, he shall refer the matter to the State
o or er sent G       -
to him for . overnment by whose order on the case he and

execution. al! other public officers shall be guided as to the

foture disposal of the inmates.

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(2) Pending a reference under sub-section _(I),_
the inmate shall be detained in accordance with
the directions specified in the order of detention.

Lunatic in!' 30. (1) Where it apFears to the State Govern•
mate, how
to be dealt ment that an inmate of a Borstal Institution
with. is of unsound mind, the State Government

may order him to be removed to a mental
hospital or other place of safe custody within

the State, to he kept there and treated during the
remainder of the term for which he has

bten ordered to be detained, and if on the ex-

piration of that term it is certified by a medical

officer that it is necessary for the safety: of the
inmate or others that he should be further detained
under medical care or treatment, then he shall be
so detained until he is discharged according to
law.

(2) Where it appears to the St<\te Government
that an inmate so kept and treated has become of
sound mind, the State Government shall, by a

warrant directed to the person having charge of the
inmate, remand him, if still liable to be detained,
to the Borstal Institution from which he was re-

moved, or to anoth<::r Borstal Institution within the
State, or order him to be discharged on a certifi-
cate or otherwise, or, if he is no longer liable to

be detained order him to be discharged.

(3) The provisions of section 31 of the Indian

Lunacy Act, 1912 shall apply to every person IV tf 1912

confined in a mental hospital under sub-sec-

tion {l) after the expiration of tJie term for which
he was ordered to be detained and the time during
which an inmate is confined in a mental hospital
under that sub-section shall be reckoned as part of
the term of detention which he may have been

ordered to undergo.

( ~ ) fn any case in which the State Govern!!

ment 1s competent under sub-section (I) to . ordet
the removal of an inmate to a mental hosp1tal or
other place of safe custod:y within the State, the


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State Government may order his ·removal to any

such hospital or place within any other State by
agreement with the Government of such other State
and the provisions of this section respecting the

.custody, detention, remano and . discharge of an
inmate removelil under sub-section (I) shall, so far
as they can be made ::.pplicable, apply to an inmate
removed under this sub-section •

            - Power to 31. (I) The State Government may, after. pre-

             - 11e rules, vious publication i 11 the official Gazette, make rules
for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the
generality of tbe foregoing powers such rul ~ s may
provide for all or any of the following · matters,

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(i) the regulation, manageme11t and classific;i.tion

of Borstal Institutions established under this Act
and the description and construction of wards, cells
and other places of detention ;

(ii) the regulation by number or otherwise of
the inmates to be detained in each class of institution;

(iii) the defining of the powers and duties of the
Director of Borstal Institutions ;

(iv) the g-overnance of Borstal Institmions, and
the appointment, conditions of service, guidance,

control, punishment and di~missal of Superintendents
and other officers employed in Borstal Institutions,
and for the defining of their responsibilities, duties,
di>abilities and powers ;

(v) the maintenance of records and the prepara·

tion and submission of reports ;

(vi). the selection and appointment of inmates a:>

inmate officers and their reduction and di ~ missal and
defining the re~ponsibilitie s, duties e1 nd powers c,f rnch
officers ;

(vii) the temporary detention of · inmat es until

arrangement can be made for their admission io a Bor:;-

tal Institution ;

(viii) the admi%ion, removal and discharge of iP-

rnates, and the dispo [0] al of their effe:cts dnring their
detention ;

(ix) feeding, clothing and bedding of inmatf.s ;


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. (x) the custody, discipline, grading, treatment,

education, training and control of inmates ;

(xi) tlJe employment; instruction and control of
inmate5 within or without 'Borstal Institutions and the
disposal of the proceeds of their labour ;

(xii) the treatment of sick inm;i,tes ;

(xi ii) classifying and prescribing the forms of
education, instruction, employment and labour and
regulating the periods of rest ;·

(xiv) defining the acts which shall constitute
Borstal Institution offences J

_(xv)_ the classification of Borstal Institution offences
into major and minor offences ;                -

(xvi) fixing the punishments admissible undrr this
Act which shall be awardable for the commi~sion of
the various Borstal Institution offences or the classes
thereof;

(xvii) declaring the circumstances in which acts
constituting both a Borstal Institution offences and
an offence under Indian Penal Code, 1860 may or

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may not be dealt with as Borstal Institution offence ;

1860.

(xviii) awarding of marks and the shortening of
periods of detention;

(xix) regulating the use of arms against any
inmate or body of inmates and th~ use of fetters in
the cas·e of an outbreak or attempt to escape ;

(xx) defining the circumstances and regulating

conditions under [which inmates in danger of death
may be released ;


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(xxi) regulating the trans'er from one pa.rt ofJndia

to another part of inmates whose term of detention "is

about to expire ;

(xxii) defining articl<>~ the introduction or removal
of which into or out of Borstal Inslitutiom without due
authority is prohibited ;

                - (xxiii) the ch,ssification and the separation of
inmates;

(xxiv) rewards for good conduct ;

(xxv) regulating the transfor of inmates from one

Borsta} Institution to another or to a.hospital and from a
Borstal Institution to a prison or from a prison to a
Borstal Institution ;

(xxvi) the treatment, transfer and disposal of
criminal lum1tir.::s confined in Borstal Institutions;

(xxvi1) regulating the transmission of appeals and
petitions from inmates and thei!" communications with
their friends ;

(xxviii) the appointment arid guidance of visitor,

of Borstal Institutions ;

(xxix) prescribing conditions on which certificate
may be granted, suspended, revoked, or cancelled ;

(xxx) appointment, powers and control or ser-

vants of the Government referred to in Section 13 ;

(xxxi) defining the powers and duties of after-care

societie:. and guardians and the condition on which

financial assistance ma ~· be given to them ;

(xxxii) the appointment of vhiting committees;

(xxxi1i) generally for the purpo:ie of carrying
out the provisions of this Act~


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(3) Every rule made under this section shall be

laici as _won_ as may be after ·it is made, before the
Assam Legislative Assembly while it i~ in Session for
a total period of fourteen days which may be com-
prised in one Session or in two successive Sessions,
and if before the expiry of the Session in which it is
so laid or the Sessions immediately following, the

Assam Legislative Assembly agree in making any
modification in the rule or the Assam Legislative Assem-
bly agree tha 1- the rule sho·1ld not be made, the rule
shali thereafter have effect! only in such modified form
or be of no effect, as the case may be ; so ho.wever,
that any such modification or annulment shall be

without prejudice to the validity of anything pre-
viously done under that rule.

P. C. DAS,

J oint Secy. to the Govt. of Assam,
###### law Deptt.

SHIL:LONG-Printeo and published by the Suoerintendent, Assam
Government Pre1S-(Bx. Gazette) No.19-1,334+200-·10-2·1969.


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