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Section 64

The following shall be deemed to be minor offences -

(a)

shouting or making unnecessary noise within a place of detention;

(b)

quarrelling with any other detained person;

( c )

assaulting or taking part in any attack on any other detained person;

( d ) doing any act or using any language calculated to wound or offend the feeling and prejudices of any other detained person;

(e)

using any abusive or indecent langu­

age or indulging in any indecent act or gesture;

(f)

committing any nuisance in any place of detention;

(g)

treating with disrespect any Judge,

Magistrate, Justice of the Peace or other person lawfully visiting any place of detention, or any officer or person employed in or in connection with a place of detention;

(h)

refusing without reasonable excuse to eat the food provided in the place of detention;

(i)

wilfully destroying food or thowing it away without orders;

(j)

omitting or refusing to keep his per­

son clean or disobeying any order de­

signed to preserve the health of de­

tained persons;

(k)

tampering in any way with books, lights or other fixtures or fittings in a place of detention;

(1)

stealing or without reasonable excuse interfering with the clothing or pro­

perty of any other detained person;

(m)

spitting on or otherwise soiling any floor, door, wall or other part of the place of detention or any article therein;

(n)

wilfully or negligently damaging or destroying any article or thing what­

soever assigned for his use or entrust­

ed to him by the authorities of the place of detention;

(0)

wilfully or negligently damaging or destroying any Government property to which he may have access;

(p)

malingering;

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Aggravated offences.

Medical exam­

ination before punishment.

(q)

refusing to undergo medical treat­

ment;

(r)

refusing or neglecting to comply with any reasonable order or direction brought to his notice in any manner;

(s)

making any false accusation against any officer or any person employed in or in connection with a place of de­

tention;

(t)

any other act, conduct, disorder or neglect which may reasonably be con­

sidered to be to the prejudice of good order or discipline thought not speci­

fied in the foregoing paragraphs.

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