The Prisons (Assam Amendment) Act, 1967
Preamble
The 14th February 1968 No.LJL.34/67/9 .- The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the President is hereby published for general information. ASSAM ACT I OF 1968 (Received the assent of the President on the 10th February 1968) THE PRISONS (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1967 [Published in the Assam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 16th February 1968]. An Act to amend the Prisons Act, 1894 Preamble. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Prisons Act, Act 9 of 1894, hereinafter called the principal Act, in the 1894. manner hereinafter appearing ; It is hereby enacted in the Eighteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :--- Short title, extent and commence- ment.
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The 14th February 1968 No.LJL.34/67/9 .- The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the President is hereby published for general information. ASSAM ACT I OF 1968 (Received the assent of the President on the 10th February 1968) THE PRISONS (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1967 [Published in the Assam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 16th February 1968]. An Act to amend the Prisons Act, 1894 Preamble. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Prisons Act, Act 9 of 1894, hereinafter called the principal Act, in the 1894. manner hereinafter appearing ; It is hereby enacted in the Eighteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :--- Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Prisons (Assam Amendment) Act, 1967. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Assam.
(3) It shall come into force at once. diaCode Amendment 2. In section 59 of the principal Act, for sub- of section 59 section (5), the following shall be substituted, namely :- of Act 9 of 1894. "(5) for the award of marks, the suspension or remission and consequent shortening of sentences, and the grant of leave or emergency release and determining the conditions on which and the authority by which the sentences may be suspended or remitted and the prisoner may be granted leave or emergency release;" B. SARMA, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Law Department.
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