The Prisons (Assam Amendment) Act, 1967

c / - The 14th February 1968 Mo.LJJL.34/67/9.—T he following A ct of the Assam Legislat ive Assembly which received the assent of the Pr esid ent is here by published for gen era l info rma tion . AS SA M AC T I OF 1968 (R eceiv ed th e a s s e n t o f th e P re s id e n t on th e 10 th F e b ru a ry 1S68) TH E PRISO NS (ASSAM AM ENDM ENT) AC T, 1967 [Published in the Assam Gazette, Ex traord ina ry, da ted the 16th Feb ruary 1968]. An Ac t to a m end t he P ri sons Ac t, 1894 Preamble- Whereas it is expedie nt to amend tire Prisons Act, Act 9 of 1894, here inaf ter called the prin cipal Act, in the *394. manner here inaf ter app ear ing ; It is here by enac ted in the Eighteenth Year of the Repub lic of Ind ia as fo llows:— Short titl e, 1. (1) This Act m ay be called the Prisons (Assam exte nt and Ame ndment) Act, 1967. commence­ ment. (2) It extends to th e whole of the State o f Assam. (3) It shall come into force a t once. Amendm ent 2. In section 59 of the principal Act, for sub- of section 59 section (5), the following shal l be substi tuted, n am ely:— of Act 9 of ' 1894. <e (5) for th e award of marks , the suspension or remission an d consequent shor tenin g of sentences, and the gra nt of leave or emergency release and determ inin g the condi tions on which a nd th e author ity by which the sentences may be suspended or rem itted and the p risoner may be granted leave or emergency release;” B. SARM A, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Law Department.