BNS Section 12: Limit of solitary confinement
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 2: Of Punishments
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12. In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 4. Punishments
- 5. Commutation of sentence
- 6. Fractions of terms of punishment
- 7. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
- 8. Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc
- 9. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
- 10. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
- 11. Solitary confinement
- 13. Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction