Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXVII: Provisions As to Accused Persons of Unsound Mind
Section 375: Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge
In plain words
The State Government can authorise the officer in charge of the jail holding a person under section 369 or 374 to perform the Inspector-General of Prisons' functions under sections 376 and 377.
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Official text
The State Government may empower the officer in charge of the jail in which a person is confined under the provisions of section 369 or section 374 to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector-General of Prisons under section 376 or section 377.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 375
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