CrPC Section 336: Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 25: Provisions as
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
336. Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge.- The State Government may empower the officer in charge of the jail in which a person is confined under the provisions of section 330 or section 335 to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector-General of Prisons under section 337 of section 338.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 328. Procedure in case of accused being lunatic
- 329. Procedure in case of person of unsound mind tried before Court
- 330. Release of lunatic pending investigation or trial
- 331. Resumption of inquiry or trial
- 332. Procedure on accused appearing before Magistrate or Court
- 333. When accused appears to have been of sound mind
- 334. Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind
- 335. Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody
- 337. Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence
- 338. Procedure where lunatic detained is declared fit to be released
- 339. Delivery of lunatic to care of relative or friend