Act 32 of 1955

The Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955

An Act to provide for the attendance in courts of persons confined in prisons for obtaining their evidence or for answering a criminal charge.

  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Home
  • Enacted 1955-09-20
  • 10 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title, extent and commencement.Read
2 Definitions.Read
3 Power of courts to require appearance of prisoners to give evidence or answer a charge.Read
4 Power of State Government to exempt certain persons from operation of section 3.Read
5 Prisoners to be brought up.Read
6 Officer in charge of prison when to abstain from carrying out order.Read
7 Commissions for examination of prisoners.Read
8 Certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure to apply.Read
9 Power to make rules.Read
10 Repeal.Read
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