1. Short title and extent
(1)
This Act may be called the Prisoners Act, 1900;
(2)
It extends to the whole of India except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.] *** *****
Amendment notes (3)
- . Bihar by Bihar Act 23 of 1956.
- . Madras by Madras Act 11 of 1958.
- .Bombay by Bombay Act 15 of 1959 (when notified).
State amendments
Maharashtra.—
Amendment of section 1 of Act III of 1900.—In the Prisoners Act, 1900, in the application to the State of Bombay, in sub-section (2) of section 1, after the words and letter "comprised in Part B States" the words "other than the Hyderabad and Saurashtra areas of the State of Bombay" shall be added.
[Vide Bombay Act XV of 1959, s. 4]