Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
54. The Local Government may, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Act,
(1) for the government of prisons and for the guidance of all officers appointed hereunder:
(2) as to sales of articles on behalf of prisons or belonging to prisoners, and as to the commission receivable thereon:
(3) as to the food and clothing of criminal prisoners:
(4) for the employment and control of convicts within or without prisons, and for the guidance of the guards in charge of such convicts:
(5) for remission of sentences:
(6) for rewards for good conduct; and
(7) for the appointment and guidance of visitors of prisons.
Copies of such rules, so far as they affect the government of prisons, shall be exhibited in some place to which all persons employed within a prison have access.
55. All
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Present rules.
4. —Civil prisoners shall be kept apart from criminal prisoners.
Rules as to separate confinement.
31. The Local Government shall have power to make rules—
Source: India Code