Prisoners Act, 1900

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SECTIONS:
1. Short title and extent.
2. Definitions.
3. Officers in charge of prisons to detain persons duly committed to their custody.
4. Officers in charge of prisons to return writs, etc., after execution or discharge.
14. References in this part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools.
15. Power of officers in charge of prisons to give effect to sentences of certain Courts.
16. Warrant of officer of such Court to be sufficient authority.
17. Procedure where officer in charge of prison doubts the legality of warrant sent to him for execution under this Part.
18. Execution in the Provinces, etc., of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there.
28. References in this Part to the prisons, etc., to be constructed as referring also to Reformatory Schools.
29. Removal of prisoners.
30. Lunatic prisoners how to be dealt with.
31. [Repealed.]
PART VII [Omitted.]
33. Release on recognizance, by order of High Court, of prisoner recommended for pardon.
34. References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools.
35. Power for Civil Courts to require appearance of prisoner to give evidence.
36. District judge in certain cases to countersign orders made under section 35.
37. Power for certain Criminal Court to require attendance of prisoner to give evidence or answer to charge.
38. Oder to be transmitted through Magistrate of the district or sub-division in which person is confined.
39. Procedure where removal is desired of person confined more than one hundred miles from place where evidence is required.
40. Persons confined beyond limits of appellate jurisdiction of High Court.
41. Prisoner to be brought up.
42. Power to Government to exempt certain prisoners from operation of this Part.
43. Officer in charge of prison when to abstain from carrying out order.
44. Commissions for examination of prisoners.
45. Commissions for examination of prisoners beyond limits of appellate jurisdiction of High Court.
46. Commission how to be directed.
47. Process how served on prisoners.
48. Process served to be transmitted at prisoners request.
49. [Omitted.]
50. Deposit of posts.
51. Power to make rules under this Part.
52. Power to declare who shall be deemed officer in charge of prison.
53. [Repealed.]







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