In force
The Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955
9 sections · As amended up to 2026-08
Sections
- 11st January, 1956, vide notification No. S.R.O. 3447, dated 8th November, 1955, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3
- 2Definitions
- 3Power of courts to require appearance of prisoners to give evidence or answer a charge
- 4Power of State Government to exempt certain persons from operation of section 3
- 5Prisoners to be brought up
- 6Officer in charge of prison when to abstain from carrying out order
- 8Certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure to apply
- 9Power to make rules
- 10Repeal