INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
74. Limit of solitary confinement
12. Limit of solitary confinement.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
74. Limit of solitary confinement.--In executing a sentence of
solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed
fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of
solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when
the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary
confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole
imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary
confinement of not less duration than such periods.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
12. Limit of solitary confinement.—In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such
confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary
confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed
three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole
imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration
than such periods.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023