Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Cove"roment section 40 l of the Code of Criminal Procedure, t~ relen~c by 1898, where a person is confined in prison under v of 1898. hcen~c on a sentence of imprisonment, and it appears to the condttion& J> • • 1 C r: hi d imposed by rovmc1a ovemmcnt trom s autece ents or it, his conduct in the prison that he is likely to abstain from crime and lead a useful and indus· triou~ life, if he is released from prison, the J>rovincinl Government may by license permit him to be released on condition (n) that he be placed under the supervision or authority of a servant of the Crown or a secular instituticon or of a person, or society professing the same religion as the prisoner, named in the license and willing to take charge of him, and (b) that he gives an undertaking in writing to conform to the terms of his license . • [Price 4 annas or Sd.] • • 2 E-cpfnnntion.-The expression '':.entence of imprisonment'' in this section shaU, in ca~e of persons under 21 years of age, include impri~on ment in default of payment of fine and imprison- ment for failure to furnish security under Chap- ter \'Ill of the Code of Criminal ProceduJ·c, Vor l89'l.,