The PRISONERS (ATTENDANCE IN COURTS) ACT, 1955

Sections

Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955.

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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  1. 1.Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2.Definitions.
  3. 3.Power of courts to require appearance of prisoners to give evidence or answer a charge.
  4. 4.Power of State Government to exempt certain persons from operation of section 3.
  5. 5.Prisoners to be brought up.
  6. 6.Officer in charge of prison when to abstain from carrying out order.
  7. 7.Commissions for examination of prisoners.
  8. 8.Certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure to apply.
  9. 9.Power to make rules.
  10. 10.Repeal.
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