48. Award of punishments under sections 46 and 47.— (1) The Superintendent shall have
power to award any of the punishments enumerated in the two last foregoing sections, subject, in
the case of separate confinement for a period exceeding one month, to the previous confirmation
of the Inspector General.
(2) No officer subordinate to the Superintendent shall have power to award any
punishment whatever.
49. Punishments to be in accordance with foregoing sections.— Except by order of a Court
of Justice, no punishment other than the punishments specified in the foregoing sections shall be
inflicted on any prisoner, and no punishment shall be inflicted on any prisoner otherwise than in
accordance with the provisions of those sections.
50. Medical Officer to certify to fitness of prisoner for punishment.— (1) No punishment of
penal diet, either singly or in combination, or of whipping, or of change of labour under section
46, clause (2), shall be executed until the prisoner to whom such punishment has been awarded
has been examined by the Medical Officer, who, if he considers the prisoner fit to undergo the
punishment, shall certify accordingly in the appropriate column of the punishment-book
prescribed in section 12.
(2) If he considers the prisoner unfit to undergo the punishment, he shall in like
manner record his opinion in writing and shall state whether the prisoner is absolutely unfit for
punishment of the kind awarded, or whether he considers any modification necessary.
(3) in the latter case he shall state what extent of punishment he thinks the prisoner
can undergo without injury to his health.
51. Entries in punishment-book.— (1) In the punishment-book prescribed in section 12 there shall
be recorded, in respect of every punishment inflicted, the prisoner’s name, register number and the
class (whether habitual or not) to which he belongs, the prison-offence of which he was guilty, the
date on which such prison-offence was committed, the number of previous prison-offences recorded
against the prisoner, and the date of his last prison-offence, the punishment awarded, and the date of
infliction.
(2) In the case of every serious prison-offence, the names of the witnesses proving
the offence shall be recorded, and, in the case of offences for which whipping is awarded, the
Superintendent shall record the substance of the evidence of the witnesses, the defence of the
prisoner, and the finding with the reasons therefor.
(3) Against the entries relating to each punishment the Jailer and Superintendent
shall affix their initials as evidence of the correctness of the entries.
52. Procedure on committal of heinous offence.— If any prisoner is guilty of any offence against
prison-discipline which, by reason of his having frequently committed such offences or otherwise, in the
opinion of the Superintendent, is not adequately punishable by the infliction of any punishment which he
has power under this Act to award, the Superintendent may forward such prisoner to the Court of the
District Magistrate or of any Magistrate of the first class [or Presidency Magistrate] having jurisdiction,
together with a statement of the circumstances, and such Magistrate shall thereupon inquire into and try
the charge so brought against the prisoner, and, upon conviction may sentence him to imprisonment
which may extend to one year, such term to be in addition to any term for which such prisoner was
undergoing imprisonment when he committed such offence, or may sentence him to any of the
punishments enumerated in section 46: