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[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Section 917] [Entire Act]

State of Punjab - Subsection

Section 917(2) in Punjab Jail Manual, 1996

(2)All bodies prior to removal from the jail shall be wrapped in a new cloth.Note. - The Superintendents of certain jails in the State have been authorised by the Inspector-General with the approval of the State Government to make over the bodies of prisoners who have died in jail, if not claimed by the friends or relatives, to certain medical institutions named for the purpose. The authority so given extends only to the case of the prisoners who have died from natural causes, not to the bodies of executed prisoners.