THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE ADAPTATION OF PRISON LAWS ACT 1977. N.-W.F.P. ACT No. VI OF 1977. Dated Peshawar, the 23rd June, 1977 (First published after having received the assent of the Governor of the North-West Frontier Province, in the Gazette of North-West Frontier Province (Extra-ordinary), dated the 23rd June, 1977).ANACT to adapt and amend Prison Laws in their application to the North-West Frontier Province.
WHEREAS it is expedient to adapt and amend Prison Laws, in their application to the North-West Frontier Province, in the manner hereinafter appearing:
It is hereby enacted as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the North-West Frontier Province Adaptation of Prison Laws Act, 1977.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. In the Prisons Act, 1894 (IX of 1894).—(a) and in all rules, orders or notifications made or issued under the said Act, for the expression "Director of Prisons", wherever occurring, the expression "Inspector General of Prisons" shall be substituted; and
(b) for section 5, the following section shall be substituted. namely: — "5. Inspector General of Prisons. — An Inspector Genera! of Prisons shall be appointed by the Provincial Government and shall exercise, subject to the orders of the Provincial Government, the general control and superintendence of prisons and the staff employed in the prisons.".
3. In the Prisoners Act, 1900 (III of 1900), and in all rules, orders or notifications made or issued thereunder, for the expression "Director of Prisons", wherever occurring, the expression "Inspector General of Prisons" shall be substituted.
Repeal
4. The North- West Frontier Province Adaptation of Prison Laws Ordinance, 1977 (N. W. F. P. Ordinance No. XIII of 1977), is hereby repealed.
