Section 66
Visits by Judges, Magistrates, etc.
ActIn forceProvision 89 of 103
Section 66
(1)
A Judge of the High Court, a Sessions Court Judge, and a
Magistrate having jurisdiction in a place where a prison is situated may, whenever he thinks fit—
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(a)
enter and examine the condition of the prison and of the prisoners in the prison;
(b)
question any prisoner or prison officer, and enter any observations he thinks fit to make in reference to the condition of the prison and the prisoners in a Visitors’ Book.
(2)
A Visitors’ Book shall be kept for the purpose in subsection (1)
by the Officer in Charge which shall be produced to the Visiting
Justices at their next visit.