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
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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 pres cribed 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 punish ment of the kind
awar ded, 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.
STATE AMENDMENT
Assam
Amendment of Section 50 of Act 9 of 1894. -In sub-section ( 1) of section 50 of the Principal Act
the words and comma “or of whipping,” shall be omitted.
[Vide Assam Act 12 of 1956, s. 4.]