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The KERALA BORSTAL SCHOOLS ACT, 1961

kerala · 1961

  • S. 1Short title and application
  • S. 2Definitions
  • S. 3Establishment of borstal schools
  • S. 4Application of the Prisons Acts and the Prisoners Acts
  • S. 5Power of court to pass order of detention in borstal school
  • S. 6Preliminary inquiry and finding as to age of adolescent offender
  • S. 7Limitation on powers conferred by section 5
  • S. 8Power of Inspector-General to transfer prisoners to borstal school
  • S. 9Government to determine the borstal school to which adolescent offender shall be sent
  • S. 10Removal from one borstal school to another
  • S. 11Reception of offenders from and transfer of offenders to other States in India
  • S. 12Transfer of incorrigibles, etc
  • S. 13Power to release on licence
  • S. 14Form of licence
  • S. 15Revocation of licence
  • S. 16Escape and forfeiture of licence
  • S. 17Release on parole
  • S. 18Absence under licence or on parole to be counted towards period of detention
  • S. 19Power of Inspector-General to allow inmates to receive instructions or training
  • S. 20Management of borstal schools
  • S. 21Constitution, powers and duties of visiting committees
  • S. 22Classification of inmates
  • S. 23Punishment for offences
  • S. 24Limitation of hours of work
  • S. 25Appeal and revision
  • S. 26Minimum age-limit of adolescents in areas to which the Children Acts have not been extended
  • S. 27Power of Government to discharge inmates
  • S. 28Removal of disqualification attaching to convictions for offences
  • S. 29Rules
  • S. 30Repeal
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