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"MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
New Delhi-2, the 9th November, 1955
S.R.O. 3491 :- In exercise of the power conferred by sub
Section (6) of section 401 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), the Central
Government hereby makes the following rules :-
I. Where a petition for suspension of the execution of
a sentence of imprisonment or for remission of the whole
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or part of a sentence of imprisonment is made by or on
behalf of a person sentenced to imprisonment for an
offence against any law relating to a matter to which the
executive power of the Union extends and the person
sentenced to such sentence of imprisonment is in Jail,
the execution of the sentence shall be suspended and
such person released on parole, subject to the conditions
specified in rule 3, for such period, not exceeding fifteen
days, as may be necessary for obtaining the orders of the
Central Government on the petition, if the State
Government of the State in which such person is
detained in jail is satisfied that the immediate release of
such person on parole is rendered necessary by reason of
any illness constituting a grave threat to the life of such
person or of a parent, wife, husband or child of such
person.
II A State Government ordering a release on parole
under rule 1 shall forthwith report the full facts and
circumstances of the case to the Central Government
while forwarding the petition to the Central Government
and the Central Government may on consideration of the
report and petition make such order as they deem fit.
III A person released on parole under rule 1 shall enter
into a bond undertaking to reside during the period of his
parole at a place specified therein and not depart
therefrom without the previous permission of the State
Government and to return to the jail in which he is
confined on expiry of the period of his parole, and to
conform to such order conditions as the State
Government may consider necessary."