Section 11
Health And Treatment
11. Health and Treatment :
(1) Treatment of the physically or mentally sick Detainees or Prisoners shall be done by the government doctor.
Provided that, if any Detainee or Prisoner wishes to have his/her treatment done by any other doctor at his/her own cost, permission shall be granted to have such treatment as prescribed.
(2) If any Detainee or Prisoner becomes extremely sick and the government doctor makes his/her reasoned opinion in writing determining that it is necessary to keep the said Detainee or Prisoner in a hospital for better treatment, the handcuff and fetter, if put on the said Detainee or Prisoner, shall be taken off, and his/her treatment
shall be done by keeping him/her in a hospital as prescribed.
12 (3) If the government doctor makes his/her reasoned opinion indicating that any Detainee or Prisoner who has seriously fallen sick is at the critical stage of death and the heir to that Detainee or Prisoner wishes to take him/her to the nearby burial site, the heir shall be permitted to take that Detainee or Prisoner to the nearby
burial site from the Prison where he/she is detained in, after having the heir execute a deed of guarantee(Hajir Jamani) covenanting that he/she shall bring that Detainee or Prisoner back to the Prison if
he/she is recovered from the disease. The heir who assumes the custody of the Detainee or Prisoner and takes him/her to the burial site shall provide the concerned Prison with a report on the health of the
concerned Detainee or Prisoner each week.
(4) The Detainee or Prisoner taken to the hospital or the burial site under Sub-section (2) or (3) shall be considered to have remained in the Prison and the said period shall be deducted from the term of imprisonment which he/she is to serve.
(5) If the Detainee or Prisoner as referred to in Sub-section (2) or (3) is recovered, he/she shall be held in Prison again except in cases where he/she is not required to be detained or the term of his/her
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