The ASSAM BORSTAL INSTITUTION ACT, 1968
assam · 1969
- S. 2In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in r,· I
- S. 3For the purposes of this Act, i:he State Govern- ment may establish one or more Borstal Institutions
- S. 4(l) The State Govermx
- S. 5(l) When an adoI
- S. 6Section 6 allows the Superintendent to send adolescent offenders to a Sessions Judge for detention if deemed necessary, up to five years.
- S. 7No order shall be ma
- S. 9Any person detained for failure to furnish :~~~~~~~g security shall be released on furnishing the security
- S. 10Section 10 mandates inquiries into the age of convicted individuals before detention orders and allows transfer of cases to Additional Sessions Judges.
- S. 12First-time detention under this act does not count as a conviction for disqualification purposes.
- S. 13Section 13 allows the Director to conditionally release Borstal inmates early if they show potential for reform, with supervision.
- S. 14Section 14 states that time an inmate spends on license from a Borstal Institution counts towards their detention period.
- S. 15Every licence granted under the prov!Slons of licence
- S. 16Section 16 allows suspension or revocation of a Borstal Institution licence and mandates return to the institution if licence is revoked.
- S. 17Section 17 penalizes escape or failure to return from a Borstal Institution with imprisonment, fine, or both.
- S. 18Where an inmate is reported to the State bles
- S. 19Section 19 declares officers appointed under the Act as public servants.
- S. 20If accommodation in a Borstal Institution is a_ccornmoda· not immediately available for a person ordered to be t10n
- S. 21An inmate when being taken t-o
- S. 22Section 22 prohibits introducing or removing prohibited items into a Borstal Institution and communicating with inmates, with penalties for violations.
- S. 23When any person in the presence of any ~:~~e: 0~0_o~~er Con'
- S. 24The SuperinLendent shall cause to be affixed1 in a compicuous place outside the Borstal Institution a notice set
- S. 25Section 25 mandates the Superintendent to receive and detain committed individuals until discharged or removed per law.
- S. 26The Superintendent shall forthwith, after the dent to returnexecution of every such order as aforesaid or after orders
- S. 27The Superintendent shall give effect to any Supermt~n- order for the detention of any person passed or &~wg~
- S. 28Section 28 authorizes court or tribunal officers to detain individuals based on an official order.
- S. 29(1) Where the Suoerintendent entertain!
- S. 30Section 30 allows the State Government to transfer Borstal Institution inmates to mental hospitals if deemed unsound, and to discharge or return them based on mental health assessments.
- S. 31(I) The State Government may, after
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