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i ii CHHATTISGARH ACT (No. 10 of 2021)
THE PRISONERS (CHHATTISGARH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021
An Act further to amend the Prisoners Act, 1900 (No. 3 of 1900) in its application
to the State of Chhattisgarh.
Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Seventy Second Year of the
Republic of India, as follows :-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Prisoners (Chhattisgarh Amendment) Act,
Short title and commencement.
2021.
(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the
Official Gazette.
2. The Prisoners Act, 1900 (No. 3 of 1900), (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act) in its application to the State of Chhattisgarh be amended in the manner hereinafter provided.
Amendment of Pris- oners Act, 1900 (Central Act No. 3 of 1900), in its applica- tion to the State of Chhattisgarh.
3. In Section 31-A of the Principal Act,-
Amendment of Schedule 31-A.
(i) in sub-section (1), for the words "twenty one", the words "forty two"
shall be substituted.
(ii) in sub-section (3),-