Section 56. All or any of the powers and duties conferred and imposed by this Act on a Superintendent may be exe

56. All or any of the powers and duties conferred and imposed by this Act on a Superintendent may be exercised and performed by such other officer as the Local Government from time to time appoint in this behalf. | Number and year. | TITLE. | Extent of repeal. | | --- | --- | --- | | Bengal Regulation XIV of 1816. | To provide more effectually for the Management of the Public Jails; and to enable the Magistrates to maintain good Order and Discipline in those Jails; as well as among the Prisoners employed on the Public Roads, or other Public works:—also to place the Jail at Allypore, in the Vicinity of Calcutta, under the inspection and control of the Court of Nizamut Adawlut; and to provide for the Transportation of Convicts to the Island of Mauritius or its immediate Dependencies. | So much as has not been repealed. | | Bengal Regulation XVII of 1816. | For the occasional Revision of the regular Police and Jail Establishments; for the due Support and Regulation of the Establishments of chokenders; for amending the Rules in Force for the Appointment and Removal of Police Officers; for modifying the Constitution of the Offices of the Superintendents of Police; and for reducing the Miscellaneous Business of Courts of Circuit, and Court of Nizamut Adawlut. | Sections fourteen and eighteen. | | Bengal Regulation III of 1826. | For extending to Dewanny prisoners some of the Provisions in Regulation XIV, 1816, and for modifying the Rule contained in Section III, Regulation IV, 1816. | The whole. | SCHEDULE (continued). 1870.] Prisons. 253 SCHEDULE (continued). | Number and year. | TITLE. | Extent of repeal. | | --- | --- | --- | | ☑ Bengal Regulation IV of 1833. and S. T. T. (handwritten) them | To provide more effectually for the Management of Convicts sentenced to Labour and employed on the Roads or Public Works under Superintendents or their Assistants appointed by Government, and to enable those officers to maintain good Order and Discipline among the Convicts and their Guards. | The whole. | | Bengal Regulation II of 1834. | For abolishing Corporal Punishment; for substituting a Fine in certain Cases for a Sentence of Labour; and for the gradual Introduction of a better System of Prison Discipline. | So much as has not been repealed. | | Act No. XVIII of 1844. | For the better control and management of the Gaols within the Bengal Presidency. | The whole. |