Act Number: 20

Act Name: The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958

Year: 1958

Enactment Date: 1958-05-16

Long Title: An Act to provide for the release of offenders on probation or after due admonition and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
         (a) "Code" means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898);
         (b) "probation officer" means an officer appointed to be a probation officer or recognised as such under section 13;
         (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
         (d) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)1, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Code.
Notes:
1. Now see Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
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