CrPC Section 336 — Power of State Government to empower officer-in-charge to discharge
CHAPTER XXV PROVISIONS AS TO ACCUSED PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND
General
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.
Sections referred to
- CrPC §330 — Release of person of unsound mind pending investigation or trial
- CrPC §335 — Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody
- CrPC §337 — Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence
- CrPC §338 — Procedure where lunatic detained is declared fit to be released
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- BNSS §375 — Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge
