Section 12
Provision On Pregnant Woman Detainee Or Prisoner
12. Provision on Pregnant Woman Detainee or Prisoner :
(1) If any woman Detainee or Prisoner is pregnant, the woman, other than the woman Detainee or Prisoner detained or imprisoned in a case relating to ………… 14 state affairs or sentenced to life imprisonment or branding or the murderer woman, shall be released on bail after she has become Six months pregnant, and such a woman who has been so released on bail shall be held in Prison again after Two months of her delivery except in cases where she is not required to be detained or the term of her imprisonment has expired
(2) If any pregnant woman stays outside the Prison pursuant to Sub-section (1), she shall be treated as if she were in the Prison and the period during which she has remained outside the Prison shall be deducted from the term of imprisonment which she is to serve.