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32/1955 - The Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955 ▶

Act Number: 32

Act Name: The Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955

Year: 1955

Enactment Date: 1955-09-20

Long Title: 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: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Home

Section Number	Title	Actions
1	Short title, extent and commencement.
2	Definitions.
3	Power of courts to require appearance of prisoners to give evidence or answer a charge.
4	Power of State Government to exempt certain persons from operation of section 3.
5	Prisoners to be brought up.
6	Officer in charge of prison when to abstain from carrying out order.
7	Commissions for examination of prisoners.
8	Certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure to apply.
9	Power to make rules.
10	Repeal.