Section 1:
Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the Prisoners Act, 1900;
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***
3* * * * * STATE AMENDMENT
Maharashtra.--
Amendment of section 1 of Act III of 1900.--In the Prisoners Act, 1900, in the application to
the State of Bombay, in sub-section (2) of section 1, after the words and letter "comprised in Part B
States" the words "other than the Hyderabad and Saurashtra areas of the State of Bombay" shall be
added.
[Vide Bombay Act XV of 1959, s. 4]
Notes:
1. Bihar by Bihar Act 23 of 1956.
2. Madras by Madras Act 11 of 1958.
3.Bombay by Bombay Act 15 of 1959 (when notified).