# The Assam Prisons Act, 2013, Section 76

- Act: The Assam Prisons Act, 2013 (Act 15 of 2013)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/assam-prisons-act-2013/section/76/

## Text

(1)The prisons are protected places and in the interest of safety and security of the prisons and persons detained therein, no person shall, without the permission of the State Government or any officer authorized by the State Government in this behalf, take any photograph or videograph of the interior of a prison. (2) Whoever, contrary to the provisions of sub-section (1), takes in an unauthorized or surreptitious manner any photograph or videograph of the interior of a prison, including any aerial photograph or videograph taken from a high-rise facility, and whoever contrary to the aforesaid provisions, publishes or telecasts or otherwise displays such photograph or videograph of the interior of a prison taken in an unauthorized or surreptitious manner, and whoever aids or abets any offence made punishable by this section, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both. Power to arrest for offences under sections 75 and 76

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