PJM 795Chapter XXVI · Civil Prisoners

Section 795 · Release on ground of illness

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(1)

At any time after a warrant for the arrears of a Judgment-debtor has been issued, the Court may cancel it on the ground of his serious illness.

(2)

Where a judgment-debtor has been arrested the court may release him if in its opinion he is not in a fit state of health to be detained in the Civil prison.

(3)

where a judgment-debtor has been committed to the civil prison he may be released therefrom -

(a)

by the Local Government, on the ground of the existence of any infectious or contagious disease, or

(b)

by the committing Court or any Court to which that Court is subordinate on the ground of his suffering from any serious illness.

(4)

A judgment-debtor released under this section may be re-arrested, but the period of his detention in the civil prison shall not in the aggregate exceed that prescribed by Section 58 of the Civil Procedure Code.

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