Indian Kanoon - Search engine for Indian Law

5. The Prisons Aci has been enacted mainly with a vew. TO provide Rules for the regulations of prisons. This is what is stated in the preamble to the Act. Dictionary of the Act is to be found in Section 3. Section 3(2) defines criminal prisoner and Section 3(3) defines convicted criminal prisoner. Convicted criminal prisoner means any criminal prisoner under sentence of a Court, or Court Martial and includes a person detained in prison under the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1882 or under the Prisoners Act. 187] Remission systems has been defined in Section 3(5). It means the system of regulating the award of marks to end the consequent shortening of sentences of prisoners in Jail in accordance with the Rules for the time being in force. Furlough system is defined in Section 3(5A). It means the system of releasing prisoners in Jail on furlough in accordance with the Rules for the time being in force. Similarly the parole system is defined in Section 3(5B) of the Act. It means the system of releasing prisoners in Jail on parole, by suspension of their sentence in accordance with the Rules for the time being in force.