Good Conduct Prisoners Probational Release Act, 1926

From: 1926-08-27 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to provide for the release of good conduct prisoners on conditions imposed by the [2][Provincial Government] Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the conditional release from prison of good conduct prisoners in certain cases before the completion of the term of imprisonment to which they have been sentenced, and whereas the previous sanction of the Governor-General under sub-section (3) of section 80-A of the Government of India Act has been obtained; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Good Conduct Prisoners’ Probational Release Act, 1926. [3][(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of [4][the Punjab] except [5][Tribal Areas]. (3) It shall come into force [6]on such date as the [7][Provincial Government] may by notification appoint in this behalf. 2. Power of Government to release by license on conditions imposed by it.— Notwithstanding anything contained in section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898[8], where a person is confined in prison under a sentence of imprisonment, and it appears to the [9][Provincial Government] from his antecedents or his conduct in the prison that he is likely to abstain from crime and lead useful and industrious life, if he is released from prison, the [10][Provincial Government] may by license permit him to be released on condition that he be placed under the supervision or authority of a [11][servant of the state] or a secular institution or of a person or society professing the same religion as the prisoner, named in the license and willing to take charge of him. Explanation— The expression “sentence of imprisonment” in this section shall include imprisonment in default of payment of fine and imprisonment for failure to furnish security under Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898[12]. 3. Period for which license is to be in force.— A license granted under the provisions of section 2 shall be in force until the date on which the person released would, in the execution of the order or warrant authorising his imprisonment, have been discharged from prison had he not been released…