Tamil Nadu Borstal Schools Act, 1925

No: 5 Dated: Jul, 20 1926

The Tamil Nadu Borstal Schools Act, 1925

Act No. 5 of 1926

    An Act to make provision for the establishment and regulation of Borstal Schools for the detention and training of adolescent offenders.

    Preamble. - Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the establishment and regulation of Borstal Schools in the State of Tamil Nadu for the detention and training of adolescent offenders therein; and

    Whereas the previous sanction of the Governor-General under section 80-A of the Government of India Act has been obtained to the passing of this Act.

It is hereby enacted as follows:-

Part I

Preliminary

1. Short title. - (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Borstal Schools Act, 1925.

(2) The State Government may, by notification from time to time, apply the whole or any of the provisions of this Act to adolescent offenders or any class thereof in any local area in the State of Tamil Nadu, from such date as may be specified in the notification and may cancel or modify such notification.

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

(1) "Adolescent offender" means any person who has been convicted of any offence punishable with imprisonment or who having been ordered to give security under section 118 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Central Act V of 1898) has failed to do so and who at the time of such conviction or failure to give security is not less than 16 in the case of a boy and not less than 18 in the case of a girl, but not more than 21 years of age in either case;

(2) "Borstal School" is a corrective institution wherein adolescent offenders whilst detained in pursuance of this Act are given such industrial training and other instruction and are subjected to such disciplinary and moral influences as will conduce to their reformation and the prevention of crime;

(3) "Inspector-General" shall mean the Inspector-General of Prisons and shall include any officer appointed by the State Government to perform all or any of the duties imposed by this Act on the Inspector-General;

(4) "Probation Officer" means a person appointed to be a Probation Officer under the Tamil Nadu Probation of Offenders Act, 1936, (Tamil Nadu Act III of 1936, or under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (Central Act XX of 1958)).

3. Establishment of Borstal Schools. - (1) For the purposes of this Act, the State Government may establish one or more Borstal Schools.

(2) For every Borstal School, a Visiting Committee shall be appointed by the State Government.