# The Assam Prisons Act, 2013, Section 71

- Act: The Assam Prisons Act, 2013 (Act 15 of 2013)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/assam-prisons-act-2013/section/71/

## Text

(1) The Superintendent may punish any inmate found guilty of any prison offence with, ----- (i) a formal warning (personally addressed to the inmate by the Superintendent); (ii) forfeiture of remission granted under the .1 provisions of sub-section (1) of section 61 : Provided that the forfeiture of remission in excess of thirty days shall be subject to prior approval of the Inspector General; (iii) forfeiture of such prison privileges for such period as may be prescribed; (iv) temporary or permanent removal from a prison office or reduction from a higher to a lower grade of prison office; 1 (v) imposition of handcuffs of such pattern and weight, in such manner and for such period, as may be prescribed : Provided that no female inmate, civil inmate or detenu shall be punished with imposition of handcuffs of any form; (vi) separate confinement for any period not exceeding three months: A Provided that separate confinement for a period exceeding one month shall be subject to prior approval of the Inspector General. (2) Any two of the punishments enumerated in sub-section (1) may be awarded in combination for any prison offence, subject to the following exceptions, namely : - (a) formal warning shall not be combined with any other punishment; : (b) Imposition of handcuffs shall not be combined with separate confinement; (3) No punishment shall be awarded for any prison offence so as to combine, together with the punishment " awarded for any other prison offence, two of the punishments which may not be awarded in combination for any prison offence. Safeguards against punishment :".

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