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ACT No. XPII OF 1910.
[PAHHED BY BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL `OF` INDIA IN `COUNCIL.]` (Received the assent of the Governor General on the 23rd M a r d 1910. )
[PAHHED BY BY
An Act to amend the Prisons Act, 1894.
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Prisons Act, 1894 ; It is hereby enacted as follows : --
`IX` OF
Bhort title. 1, This Act may be called ithe Prisons' (Amendment) Act, 1910.
`2.` I n section 52 of the Prisons: Act, 1894, the
Amendment A C ~ section IX, 521 `1894.`
521 following amendments shall be made, namely :-
(1) after the words " Magistrate of the first class" the words "or Presidency Magistrate" shall be inserted ; and
(2) for the first proviso the following shall be substituted, namely :-
"Provided that any such case may be transferred for inquiry and trial by the District Magistrate to any Magistrate of the fist class and by a Chief Preaidency Magistrate to any other Presidency Magistrate : and ".
Source: India Code