Rule4. Prisons shall be classified into four kinds namely,
Central Prisons, Special Prisons, District Prisons and Sub-Jails.
Central Prisons.
Rule5. (i) Central Prisons shall have accommodation
ordinarily for more than 1,000 prisoners irrespective of the length
of sentences. There shall be a Central Prison in each division of a
Province.
(ii) The Provincial Government may, in its discretion,
declare any Special Prison or District Prison to be a Central Prison.
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Special Prisons.
Rule6. (i) The Provincial Government may, from time to
time, declare any prison to be a Special Prison or establish a
Special Prison at any place.
(ii) No prison shall be deemed to be a Special Prison,
within the meaning of these rules, unless, it has been declared to be
so or established as such under clause (i).
(iii) Women's Prisons, Open Prisons, Borstal Institutions
and Juvenile Training Centers shall be deemed to be Special
Prisons under this Rule.
District Prisons.
Rule7. All Prisons, other than Central Prisons or Special
Prisons shall be deemed to be District Prisons.
Classes of District Prisons.
Rule8. (i) There shall be three classes of District Prisons:First class, having accommodation ordinarily for 500 prisoners or
more with sentences upto 5 years;
Second class, having accommodation ordinarily for 300
prisoners or more but less than 500 with sentences upto 3 years;
and
Third class, having accommodation ordinarily for less than
300 prisoners with sentences upto one year.
(ii) The class to which any District Prison shall be deemed,
during any year, to belong and the term of sentence for
confinement in each prison shall be determined by the InspectorGeneral in the month of July in each year, in accordance with the
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