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· (1) This Act may)e ·calle~l the vVest Bengal Offenders "{Release 0:iJ. Admonition and· P,robation.)· Act, H.l5.4. · .-(2)It extends to the whole of West Bengal. (3) This section shall .come into force at once;' the remtiln· .ing provision~ shall come 'into~e. in. such _areas and on .. such dates as the State Government may; Toy n0tifica-1iJ.on iu t he~Plfi.cial Gazettie, ap!J.!)oint. and di:fferent <ilate·s may be •., · ;:c. _ . · . :c , ·_ '_ appointed for 'dd.fforent provisions ancl £or cli:ffe;rent areas;· £ •. · -2,; In thi_s.' Act, unless there is anything repugnant in Jaterpret- t s ·... · .- the subject or context, tfon. - ;_ Atari.() /the Code" mieans the Code ofCriminal Procedure, · · 1!898 .. ·. " · ·. 1898 • · . .. . . · . ' . r~ -• . - . -- .· - ' -"; . '-~. ·- - l. () "prescribed" means prescribed. by rules·· made'·under k this Act; .. : - :(c). "supervision _ order'' means a supervson order · : ·=-. passed.under sub-section (#) of section 4, whethe! · - or not . v:arie<f under section 6 ; ~ · _: t, . . . (d) :expres.sions. 11sed.' in: this . Act but not otherwise . f '.< _-'.~: · ·• ·· defined shall have th¢ same · meaning as- in tae • ., · . Doo:e,: . . . . . I • --•a. ' .• [': .~ ..· · . ~:- _ -~~ . .Any Ootiirt w.hich :c0nvicts an-offender of an ofr,mce Power of f. · '. _A'.6i x£~v. i:t:nder. se'c%10n: q79_ or secti0n 380 of the Jndian. Penal Code or Court to , .· · · ·.ofi:soo.·· ·.· ,0£ .any ·0fl}en,c..e-un:cl.er-any other sectiton of tb:at Gode :0r .'muler release .. r ay other la for the time being 'in £or:ce 1>1mishab1e with ~:::t;s ' imp:ris!!)nment ffil' not 'niorK than.-· two-. years, ;may, if no after I , - ·previous· conviction is p;rovecl against' him, and if it is of admoni- -±224s2.292%% " Ass:ct.±.3"43%: 2%. f. · . <rei~~Sl;l hiID; afte:r: due admonition. instead of_ sen.tencing him -.• tony punishment... · · ·· · 1.· ·,,// ·. · · . ·. . : . 0; ···prlc~Ifldian, ·annp~ lisb, 3d. . . }. Jue"g, '€4,%.aa.,es.9.s .he.s7#,9rs5,9.< 9 10.7.s, 2,K 73s V ,.·,·. · · - · ffi · - - '"- ..~ ~- 2 The West Bengal Offenders- (Release oo Admemition · and P?·obcition) Act, 1954, ·.. · · [West Ben. Acf . . (.Section 1:,) _ . .. Power of 4, (1j Any Court' which '' sentences' an'offender to ·~~cfe'; to imp1·isonme:at (not being imprisonment 'in default of payment certa,in o:f :fine) '£or a tenh not exceeding· sis: :months· for 'an o:ffenee offenders ·.not punishable ith death or transportation for life, may, • sentencefl if n previous. · convictiorl:' is proved against him,.· to terms of a'.D.cl i:f it is · of' opinion that ha;vin□• · tegarcl to his imprison- . h · . o < • • mentof' age,.. c. aracter, antecedents, or phys1cal or mental cond1t1on not more or to the extemrnting circumstances· 1mder which the o:frence • than six was committed, it is 'e:s:pe'dient so to clo, order him to be £2"?"?9,",, relensed on his entering into a bond with- at least one surety on proba- · · to keep the peace,aid, be, of goocl behaviour, fo remain under tion, , the supervision of a P·robation Oflic~r·.a:s' required under this- 4,ct, to observe the conditions im1)osed oy the· 'supe'.evision order and-to comply-.mith the provisions of section 6.: · · Provided; that the· Co;urt shall not direct the release of an offender unless it,.is satisnecl.tha.t the offender. or the surety (where there is only one surety) or one of the sureties (here there are more than one surety), has a·fixed place of residence and regular occupation in the area ithin which the Court exercises. jurisdiction: or i:n whicl] the a.ffencler is likely to live cluing tli,e period referred fo in'slib.:-s.ection (.2) £pr which the bori.c1 is to remain in effect. · ·'•. · · .. (2) The period for which the bond isto'remai n in effect: shill be statecl therein; such period shall not be .less than one year nor more than. three years· as, the ,Court may direct; · and- upon the expiry.. of sµph period, th,e s.entence shall, sub- j,ect to a:ay order passed unaer section 7, .be deemed to have been executed and the Sltpervision · · order shall stand can.celled.· ' · (3) Before passing an order under sub-section (Z), the Court may take into consideration a· report from a Probation Officer for the·area within its jurisdiction. ' (4) Whenever an order under sub-section (Z) is passed by a Court, it shall, in addition, pass· a· supervision order directing thu,t-the offender shall remai:q · under the super- vision of a ·Probation Officer named in the..order daring the period £or which the bond is to remain in. ejfe<:it ~~4 p:!.ay in such supervision order impose' such conditions as t deems , necessary £or. the ·du_e supervision of ·the; offender, · (5) Such conditions may be with respect to .residence, abstention from intoxicants or s'ltyh 6ther matters as the Court deems necessary. . . . . . . . . ' (6) A Court hi@h passes ai order'pder sub-section (Z), skall £urmsh forthwith one copy each of the super1s1on order .free 0£ charge-to .the J?rqbation· Oiffiicer.concerned, the offender and the surety or sureties. ": The -West Be.rvga;l O-/.fende1·s .(Release on A.ilmwruition 3 and- Probation) Act, 1964. X3XVII ot 19564.1 Power.of Com.'t to order offender . . released on admonition or proba- tion or his parent or guardian to pay· compensa- tion and costs. ;(Seotions 5,..6,) - ·