# The Prisons Act, 1894, Section 1: Title, extent and commencement

- Act: The Prisons Act, 1894 (Act 9 of 1894)
- In force from: 1894-01-07
- Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/prisons-act-1894/section/1/

## Text

(1) This Act may be called the Prisons Act, 1894. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India except 2[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].]" (3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1894. (4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to civil jails in the 3[State] of Bombay 4[as it existed immediately before the 1st November, 1956] outside the city of Bombay, and those jails shall continue to be administered under the provisions of sections 9 and 16 (both inclusive) of 5Bombay Act 2 of 1874, as amended by subsequent enactments.

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