Section 1
Title, extent and commencement.
About this Act
An Act to extend the Indian Easements Act, 1882, to certain areas in which that Act is not in force.
(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.
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.
Notes
1. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".
3. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "province" which was subs. by the A O. 1948 for "presidency".
4. Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
5. The Civil Jails Act, 1874.
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".
3. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "province" which was subs. by the A O. 1948 for "presidency".
4. Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
5. The Civil Jails Act, 1874.