Assam Borstal Institution Act, 1968

No: 1 Dated: Feb, 10 1969

THE ASSAM BORSTAL INSTITUTION ACT, 1968

ASSAM ACT I O F 1969

    An Act to provide for the establishment and regufation of Borstal Institutions in the State of Assam and for the detentiou and tra ining of a dolescent offenders therein and matters connected therewith.

    Preamble:- Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establishment and regulation of Borstal I nstitutions in the State of Assam and for the detention and training of adolescent offenders therein and matters connected therewith.

    It is hereby enacted in the Nineteenth Year of ihe Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Assam Borstal Institution Act, 1968.

(2) It extends to the whok of the State of Assam.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-

(a) "adolescent offender" means any person not less than fourteen and not more than twenty-one years of age who has been convicted of any offence punishable with imprisonment but not punishable with death or who having been ordered to give security under section 106 or section 112 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, has failed to do so or who, when the bond has been cancelled under section 126A of that Code, has failed to give fresh security ;

(b) "Borstal Institution" means a place in which adolescent offenders may be detained under this Act and given such industrial , vocational, g<""neral educational and cultural training and other instructions and subjected to such disciplinary and moral influences as will be conducive to their reformation ;

(c) ''detained" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means detained in a Borstal Institution ;

(d) "Director" means a Director of Borstal Institutions appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 ;

(e) "inmate" means any person ordered to be detained under this Act ;

(f ) "officer" means an officer of a Borstal Institution appointed in su::h manner as may be prescribed and includes the Director and the Superintendent of Borstal Instit tions appointed under section 4 ;

(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rule made under this Act ;

(h) ''Superintendent" means a Superintendent of a Borstal Institution appointed under sub-section (2) of section 4 ;

(i) "visiting committee" means a visiting com· mittee -appointed under s.ub-section (3) of section 4.

3. Establishment ot Borstal Institutions:- For the purposes of this Act, the State Government may establish one or more Borstal Institutions.