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(1) On and from the date of coming into force of this Act, the service on probation under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 shall, for the purpose of securing inter-connection between services, be amalgamated with the after-care service under this Act in such manner as may be prescribed. 20 of 1958. 304 The West Bengal Correctional Services Act, 1992. XXXII of 1992.] (Chapter XXVIL—Probation and after-care services.—Sections 85-87.) (2) The State Government shall, for the purpose of impressing upon the public that by virtue of imprisonment for an offence under any law for the time being in force a person is not to be treated as a social outcaste, take such measures as may be prescribed. (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the 20 of 1958. Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, any person appointed to be a Probation Officer by the State Government prior to the date of commencement of this Act or any, person so appointed on or after the said date shall be re-designated as Probation-cum-After-Care Officer, and the duties and functions of such officer shall include the conduct of after-care services under this Act.