The Telangana Borstal Schools Act, 1925.
telangana · 1926
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- S. 1(1) This Act may be called 2[the Telangana Borstal Schools Act, 1925
- S. 2Defines "Adolescent offender" as a person aged 16-21 convicted of an offence or failing to give security under specified sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
- S. 3(1) For the purposes of this Act, the State Government may establish one or more Borstal schools
- S. 4Section 4 allows the State Government to create rules to implement the Telangana Borstal Schools Act, 1925.
- S. 5Section 5 applies the Prisons Act of 1894 and Prisoners Act of 1900 to Borstal schools as if they were prisons.
- S. 6Section 6 specifies which courts can exercise powers under the Telangana Borstal Schools Act, 1925.
- S. 7Adapted by G
- S. 8Section 8 allows courts to sentence adolescent offenders to Borstal schools for up to five years instead of imprisonment.
- S. 9Section 9 allows release from Borstal school if detainee provides security or court orders release.
- S. 10Section 10 allows the Inspector General to transfer adolescent offenders to Borstal schools to serve part of their sentence.
- S. 11Section 11 mandates courts to determine and record the age of offenders before sentencing under section 8.
- S. 12Section 12 mandates sending adolescent offenders to a Borstal school designated by the State Government, with alternative detention if no immediate space is available.
- S. 13Section 13 allows the Inspector-General to transfer inmates between Borstal schools and permits the State Government to direct transfers to schools in other states with consent.
- S. 14Section 14 allows the State Government to replace Borstal school detention with imprisonment for incorrigible inmates.
- S. 15Inserted by the Andhra Pradesh Borstal Schools (Amendment) Act, 1951 (Act XI of 1951)
- S. 16Section 16 allows the Inspector-General to revoke a licence for Borstal school release based on conditions and reports.
- S. 17Inserted by the Madras Borstal Schools (Amendment) Act, 1939 (Madras Act XIII of 1939) which Act is since repealed
- S. 18Section 18 allows police to arrest and return Borstal school escapees without a warrant, forfeiting their licence.
- S. 19Since repealed by the Madras Repealing and Amending Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIV of 1951)
- S. 20Section 20 treats borstal school detentions as imprisonment for appeal purposes and allows appeals to the State Government.
- S. 21Section details preliminary inquiry for adolescent offenders and their placement in Borstal schools by the government.
- S. 22Section 22 exempts adolescents convicted under the act from disqualifications associated with criminal convictions.
- S. 23Substituted by G
- S. 24Substituted for the words “any other State in India” by the Andhra Pradesh Adaptation of Laws Order, 1957
- S. 25Substituted for the words “any other State in India” by the Andhra Pradesh Adaptation of Laws Order, 1957
- S. 26Substituted for the words “Visiting Committee” by the Andhra Pradesh Borstal Schools (Amendment) Act, 1951 (Act XI of 1
- S. 27Inserted by the Madras Borstal Schools (Amendment) Act, 1936 (Madras Act XIX of 1936)
- S. 28Since repealed by the Madras Repealing and Amending Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIV of 1951)
- S. 29Substituted by the Andhra Pradesh Extension of Laws Act, 1958 (Act XXIII of 1958)
- S. 30Substituted by the Andhra Pradesh Extension of Laws Act, 1958 (Act XXIII of 1958)
- S. 31Substituted by the Andhra Pradesh Extension of Laws Act, 1958 (Act XXIII of 1958)
- S. 32Section 32 details the insertion and subsequent repeal of Part III-A in the Telangana Borstal Schools Act.
- S. 33—
- S. 34Item (vi) was omitted by Act XXIII of 1958
- S. 35Inserted by Act XXIII of 1958
- S. 36The section updates the act's short title as per the Andhra Pradesh Laws (Amendment of Short Titles) Act, 1961.
- S. 37Section 21-A was inserted by the Madras Borstal Schools (Amendment) Act, 1936 (Madras Act XIX of 1936)
- S. 1958Management of Borstal schools