IPC 74 — Limit of solitary confinement

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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.

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