The PRISONERS ACT, 1900

PRELIMINARY

Section 1 — Short title and extent.

(1) This Act may be called the Prisoners Act, 1900; (2) It extends to the whole of India except 3[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States. [Omitted] [Omitted]

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  1. 1.Short title and extent.
  2. 2.Definitions.
  3. 3.Officers in charge of prisons to detain persons duly committed to their custody.
  4. 4.Officers in charge of prisons to return writs, etc., after execution or discharge.
  5. 5.Warrants, etc., to be directed to Police-officers.
  6. 6.Power for State Governments to appoint Superintendents of Presidency prisons.
  7. 7.Delivery of persons sentenced to imprisonment or death by High Court.
  8. 8.Delivery of persons sentenced to transportation by High Court.
  9. 9.Delivery of persons committed by High Court in execution of a decree or for contempt.
  10. 10.Delivery of persons sentenced by Presidency Magistrates.
  11. 11.Delivery of persons committed for trial by High Court.
  12. 12.Custody pending hearing by High Court under section 350 of the Code of Civil Procedure of application for insolvency.
  13. 13.Delivery of persons arrested in pursuance of warrant of High Court or Civil Court in Presidency- town.
  14. 14.References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools.
  15. 15.Power for officers in charge of prisons to give effect to sentences of certain Courts.
  16. 16.Warrant of officer of such Court to be sufficient authority.
  17. 17.Procedure where officer in charge of prison doubts the legality of warrant sent to him for execution under this Part.
  18. 18.Execution in the States of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there.
  19. 19.[Omitted.].
  20. 20.[Omitted.].
  21. 21.[Omitted.].
  22. 22.[Omitted.].
  23. 23.[Omitted.].
  24. 24.[Omitted.].
  25. 25.[Omitted.].
  26. 26.[Omitted.].
  27. 27.[Omitted.].
  28. 28.References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools.
  29. 29.Removal of prisoners.
  30. 30.Lunatic prisoners how to be dealt with.
  31. 31.[Repealed.].
  32. 32.Appointment of places for confinement of persons under sentence of transportation and removal thereto.
  33. 33.Release, on recognizance, by order of High Court, of prisoner recommended for pardon.
  34. 34.[Repealed.].
  35. 35.[Repealed.].
  36. 36.[Repealed.].
  37. 37.[Repealed.].
  38. 38.[Repealed.].
  39. 39.[Repealed.].
  40. 40.[Repealed.].
  41. 41.[Repealed.].
  42. 42.[Repealed.].
  43. 43.[Repealed.].
  44. 44.[Repealed.].
  45. 45.[Repealed.].
  46. 46.[Repealed.].
  47. 47.[Repealed.].
  48. 48.[Repealed.].
  49. 49.[Repealed.].
  50. 50.[Repealed.].
  51. 51.[Repealed.].
  52. 52.[Repealed.].
  53. 53.[Repealed.].
  54. SCH-THE FIRST SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.]..THE FIRST SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.].
  55. SCH-THE SECOND SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.]..THE SECOND SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.].
  56. SCH-THE THIRD SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.]..THE THIRD SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.].