(1) The prison administrator shall make special arrangements for the pregnant or post-partum inmates regarding appropriate accommodation, nutritious food, regular health check-ups and medical treatment.
(2) If a pregnant prisoner who has completed six months of pregnancy wants to stay outside the prison for health treatment, the prison administrator must file a document to return to the prison on the day after ninety-eight days of giving birth and allow her to leave the prison under the custody of a family member as specified.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), a prisoner in the following circumstances shall not be released from prison on bail:-
(a) According to the prevailing law (having been sentenced to life imprisonment or heinous crime,
(b) Imprisonment by birth or felony: Imprisonment for an offense punishable by felony, or
(c) Of a nature to be placed in a special security cell.
(4) According to sub-section (2), if a pregnant prisoner released on bail is outside the prison, it will be considered as if she is inside the prison, and the period will be counted in the period during which she is incarcerated. However, if the prisoner who has gone out in such a way does not return to the prison within the period specified in sub-section (2), except in the case of circumstances beyond his control, the period of being outside the prison shall not be considered as being in the prison and the period of imprisonment shall also include that period.
(5) If a pregnant prisoner released on bail as per sub-section (2) does not return to the prison within the period as per that sub-section, the head of the prison shall depute a security guard and bring her to the prison.