Section 375 Earlier CrPC 336
Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge
Chapter 27: Provisions as to accused persons of unsound mind
The State Government may empower the officer in charge of the jail in which a person is confined under the provisions of section 369 or section 374 to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector-General of Prisons under section 376 or section 377.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 372When accused appears to have been of sound mindCrPC 333
- 373Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mindCrPC 334
- 374Person acquitted on ground of unsoundness of mind to be detained in safe custodyCrPC 335
- 376Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defenceCrPC 337
- 377Procedure where person of unsound mind detained is declared fit to be releasedCrPC 338
- 378Delivery of person of unsound mind to care of relative or friendCrPC 339