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Chapter XII: .
CHAPTER XII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
52. Confinement in irons of prisoners sentenced to rigorous imprisonment.
53. Confinement in irons by Gaoler of his own authority.
54. Power to make supplementary prison-rules.
55. Present rules.
56. Exercise of powers of Superintendent.
Schedule.
1870.] Prisons 237
ACT No. XXVI of 1870.
PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL.
(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 3rd October 1870).
An Act to amend the law relating to Prisons.
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to prisons in the North-Western Provinces, the Panjáb, Oudh, the Central Provinces, and British Burma, and to provide rules for the regulation of such prisons; It is hereby enacted as follows:—
Source: India Code