Under section 4(1) of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, the provision allowing release on probation…
Section 4(1) contains a notwithstanding-any-other-law clause giving its probation power overriding operation within the provision’s proper scope. The offence must not be…
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Under section 4(1) of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, the provision allowing release on probation operates:
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Correct answer C
Section 4(1) contains a notwithstanding-any-other-law clause giving its probation power overriding operation within the provision’s proper scope. The offence must not be punishable with death or life imprisonment, and all other eligibility requirements and applicable specific statutory exclusions must still be respected; it is not confined to Penal Code offences.