Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter XXV: Provisions As to Accused Persons of Unsound Mind
Section 336: Power of State Government to empower officer-in-charge to discharge
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
The State Government can empower the officer in charge of a jail where a person is held under section 330 or section 335 to perform the Inspector-General of Prisons' functions under sections 337 and 338.
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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 330 or section 335 to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector-General of Prisons under section 337 or section 338.
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Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. 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 336
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