Last Change:
05/27/2024
The Special Privileges for Convicted Women Act
Year: 2006
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Work & Workplace rights
Description
This Act came in action to make provision for giving special privileges to convicted women convicted of crimes and sentenced to a prison term exceeding one year, excluding female prisoners sentenced to death, life imprisonment, convicted of treason or convicted under the Explosives Act, the Arms Act, or any law relating to narcotics. There is no limitation for application of the Act to the citizens only. Hence it can apply to refugees as well.
Selected provisions
For the purposes of this Act, the following facilities shall be deemed to be special facilities, namely:-
(a) conditional release of any prisoner;
(b) Vocational training such as block or batik, index craft, hair cutting, bamboo and cane work, tailoring science, cloth flower making etc.;
(c) provision of aftercare services by the Department of Social Services for social rehabilitation of some parties trained in various trade courses while in prison; And
(d) any other benefit declared as a special benefit by the Government, by notification in the Official Gazette