BNSS Section 375 — Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge
CHAPTER XXVII PROVISIONS AS TO ACCUSED PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND
Criminal
Summary
The State Government can give the officer in charge of a jail the authority to carry out some or all of the duties that would normally belong to the Inspector-General of Prisons under certain other sections. This applies only when a person is confined in that jail under the rules of section 369 or section 374.
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.
Sections referred to
- BNSS §369 — Release of person of unsound mind pending investigation or trial
- BNSS §374 — Person acquitted on ground of unsoundness of mind to be detained in safe custody
- BNSS §376 — Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence
- BNSS §377 — Procedure where person of unsound mind detained is declared fit to be released
Old <-> New Code Mapping
- CrPC §336 — Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge
