Section 18 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 provides that nothing in the Act shall affect the…
The text of section 18 names “section 31 of the Reformatory Schools Act, 1897”; it does not name the Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code or Evidence Act. This is a historical…
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Section 18 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 provides that nothing in the Act shall affect the provisions of:
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The text of section 18 names “section 31 of the Reformatory Schools Act, 1897”; it does not name the Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code or Evidence Act. This is a historical saving against the Probation Act, not a revival after the 1897 Act’s later repeal by the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017, Act 4 of 2018.