The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 301. Definitions.
In this Chapter,---
(a) "detained" includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention;
(b) "prison" includes,---
(i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;
(ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or other institution of a like nature.
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Replaces
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 266. Definitions
In this Chapter,—
(a) ―detained‖ includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention;
(b) ―prison‖ includes,—
(i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;
(ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or institution of a like nature.
Pair from: BPR&D correspondence tables (bprd.mha.gov.in; A. K. Yadav, CAPT Bhopal)
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