Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to provide for the release of offenders on probation or after due admonition and for matters connected therewith.
(1) This Act may be called the Probation of Offenders
Act, 1958.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different parts of the State.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different parts of the State.
Notes
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule
(w.e.f. 31-10-2019).