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The Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955

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Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 2 Definitions.
Section 3 Power of courts to require appearance of prisoners to give evidence or answer a charge.
Section 4 Power of State Government to exempt certain persons from operation of section 3.
Section 5 Prisoners to be brought up.
Section 6 Officer in charge of prison when to abstain from carrying out order.
Section 7 Commissions for examination of prisoners.
Section 8 Certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure to apply.
Section 9 Power to make rules.
Section 10 Repeal.
Schedule 1 THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
Schedule 2 THE SECOND SCHEDULE

The Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955

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The Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955

An Act to provide for the attendance in courts of persons confined in prisons for obtaining their evidence or for answering a criminal charge.

Administered by Department of Home· Ministry of Home Affairs

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