Section 52
Section 52 of the Assam Prisons Act, 2013. On the death of an inmate, whether inside a prison or while undergoing treatment in a hospital outside the prison, the Medical Officer of the prison shall forthwith draw up a report stating the following particulars, so far as they can be ascertained, namely : ----- Indi (i) the day on which the dec
(1) On the death of an inmate, whether inside a prison or while undergoing treatment in a hospital outside the prison, the Medical Officer of the prison shall forthwith draw up a report stating the following particulars, so far as they can be ascertained, namely : ----- Indi (i) the day on which the deceased first complained of illness or was observed to be ill;
(ii) the day on which the Medical Officer was first informed of his illness;
(iii) the day on which he was admitted to hospital;
(iv) the nature of his illness;
(v) the treatment given;
(vi) when the deceased was last seen before his death by the Medical Officer; 5 (vii) when the inmate died;
(viii) any special remarks that appear to the Medical Officer to be required.
(2) In every case of death of an inmate, whether inside a prison or while undergoing treatment in a hospital . outside the prison, ----- (a) intimation of the death shall be given to the District or Sub-divisional Magistrate, and to the officer in charge of the police station within whose jurisdiction the death occurs;
(b) an inquest shall be held by an Executive Magistrate to be deputed by the District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, as the case may be; and (c) a post-mortem examination shall be conducted by a competent medical authority :, Provided that in cases where the deceased happens to be a child kept in prison with its mother or father, post-mortem examination shall not be done unless the Magistrate holding. the inquest, after considering the . circumstances in which the child has died, suspects the death to be homicidal and recommends for a post-mortem' examination to be done, or the mother or father of the deceased child desires such post-mortem examination to :- be done. CHAPTER - X WORK Work by convicted and undertrial inmates
Section 52, The Assam Prisons Act, 2013 (Act 15 of 2013).
Questions about Section 52
How do I find court cases under Section 52 of the Assam Prisons Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Assam Prisons Act 2013 52, section 52 Assam Prisons Act 2013, section 52 of the Assam Prisons Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
When was the Assam Prisons Act enacted?
Assam Prisons Act was enacted in 2013 as Act 15 of 2013. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/47531d6b-87b6-43f9-80c8-d742032f99b7.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/02780982-df02-4858-a717-eb588b445073/content). This page is not a substitute for legal advice.